Biography - Nicolas Absalom

Described by the Rheinische Post as “spirited and musically uncompromising”, Belgo-British pianist Nicolas Absalom is regularly invited to perform throughout Europe as both a soloist and chamber musician. Through his close engagement with historically informed performance practice and carefully conceived programmes, he has developed a distinctive and versatile artistic profile.

His concert activity has taken him to venues including the Berliner Philharmonie, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Museu Pau Casals in El Vendrell, St James’s Church Piccadilly and Steinway Hall London, as well as the Blauwe Zaal at DeSingel Antwerp and Studio 4 at Flagey Brussels. In 2026, he was also invited as one of 6 pianists to take part in the KlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen, organised by the festival “Kissinger Sommer”.

As a soloist, he has collaborated with orchestras including the Jenaer Philharmonie, the Symphony Orchestra of the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, the Siegfried Camerata and the Music of the Spheres Ensemble.

Nicolas has also appeared at festivals such as the Berliner Festspiele, Festival Musicorum Brussels, the Klevischer Klaviersommer, the Euregio Rhein-Waal Music Festival, the International Young Talents Festival in Cannes, Fremtidens Lyd Stevns in Denmark and the Passion:SPIEL Festival of the German National Theatre in Weimar.

Born and raised in Brussels, Nicolas began his musical education at the Académie d’Ixelles before joining the class of Prof. Johan Schmidt at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels as a Young Talent at the age of thirteen. He completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with Prof. Christian Wilm Müller. He completed his Master’s degree in Piano Performance at the Berlin University of the Arts in the class of Prof. Björn Lehmann and is currently enrolled in the prestigious Artist Diploma programme at the Royal College of Music in London under the guidance of Diana Ketler.

His musical development has further been enriched through masterclasses with artists including Janina Fialkowska, Kevin Kenner, Klaus Hellwig, Dmitri Alexeev and Cédric Tiberghien.

As a chamber musician, has also gained important artistic impulses from members of the Jerusalem Quartet, the Artemis Quartet as well as Fauré Quartet.

Nicolas Absalom has been grant recipient of the Internationale Musikakademie Liechtenstein, the Thomas Harris International Piano Foundation and the Deutschlandstipendium. He is currently supported by the Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation, the Fondation Clavarte and the Paul-Hindemith-Gesellschaft Berlin.