Nicholas S.Born : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

About Nicholas S.

Nicholas comes from a multi-national background, with familial and musical roots and influences from Brazil, Sweden, and Turkey. His development as a musician began at the age of 8 with cello, guitar at 13, and bass at 14. Nicholas' high school years were spent in the Instrumental Music department of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts studying jazz and classical, with in-depth courses on music theory, improvisation, and technique.

After high school Nicholas relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, continuing with Jazz Studies at Loyola University from 2004 to 2006, then pursuing full-time gigging with various groups and genres in the area, ranging anywhere from jazz, to rock, to hip-hop, and latin dance music. In 2009 he once again relocated to Stockholm, Sweden, where finished his Jazz Studies degree at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, while continuing to gig as well as teach.

Nicholas has resided in the Washington DC area since 2013.