Born in Athens (Greece), Nicholas Papadimitriou is an interdisciplinary musician active as an organist, improviser and educator.
Fueled by a constant search for creativity and innovation, Nicholas is active on multiple fronts in the music performance and education scene.
Currently, he holds the position of Music Director at the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk in Amsterdam and since October 2018 he has collaborated multiple times with Nicolas Jaar. In the meantime, he is writing his second book ‘The Game of Tones’; an innovative approach to non-stylistic improvisation.
Nicholas studied organ at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam under the guidance of Jacques van Oortmerssen, Pieter van Dijk, Matthias Havinga and Louis Robilliard. During his Master’s degree, he focused on exploring improvisation from new angles; both from a performing as well as a pedagogical perspective. There he established an extensive research project dedicated to the development of modern teaching methods.