Biography

Nikolas Agrafiotis, a Greek composer born in 1998, is currently pursuing a Master's in Composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig, where he studies under the guidance of Professors Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Fabien Lévy. He earned his Bachelor of Composition at the Conservatorium Maastricht, where he studied with Professor Vykintas Baltakas.

His compositions have been performed across Europe by several notable ensembles, including Ensemble Recherche, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Contemporary Insights, Osimun Quartet, and the Philharmonie Zuidnederland Septet. In June 2025, the MDR-Sinfonieorchester will premiere his orchestral work, followed later in the month by Ensemble Ascolta’s premiere of his quintet.

He has also been selected to participate in esteemed programs and masterclasses, including the Peter Eötvös Foundation’s Spotlight on Ramon Lazkano (2023), Impuls Academy (2025), the Delian Academy for Contemporary Music (2024), the Sävellyspaja Composition Masterclass (2024), and the ContemPlay Workshop in Vilnius (2023). Through these opportunities, he has worked with renowned tutors such as Peter Eötvös, Mark Andre, Ramon Lazkano, and Jukka Tiensuu, among others. In 2022, his work Two Movements for Ensemble received a Special Mention at the Winds Composition Contest Saxony.

WORKS

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  • Duration 3'30"

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/2FK3Xvn9BAEYudWr5

    Premiered by Ensemble Recherche in June 2024 in Tinos, Greece as a part of the Delian Academy of Music.

    Alto Flute - Anja Clift

    Oboe - Eduardo Olloqui

    Bass Clarinet - Shizuyo Oka

    Viola - Sofia von Atzingen

  • Duration 4’

    Premiered by Avanti! Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Jukka Rantamaki during the "Sommarmusik Festival 2024" in Porvoo, Finland.

  • Duration 8’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/C7e2NDHLaMpePFHFA

    Premiered by Contemporary Insights in June 2024 in Leipzig, Germany as a part of the ZfGM Festival.

  • Duration 6’

    Premiere on the 16th of June by Students of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig.

  • Duration 7’

    Premiered by Heiður Lára Bjarnadóttir on the 5th of March 2023 at Ainsi, Maastricht.

  • Duration 7’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/E4RHYoFDSUeeLJnJA

    Premiered on February 8th, 2023, at Vilnius, Lithuania as a part of the ContemPlay Festival by students from Freiburg and Vilnius Academy of Music forming together a Sinfonietta under the baton of Friederike Scheunchen.

  • Duration 4’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/E4RHYoFDSUeeLJnJA

    The piece was awarded the "Special Mention Prize" at Dresden Bläserphilharmonie Composition Competition 2022.

    Premiered on June 2nd at Conservatorium Maastricht by Sinfonietta formed by Conservatorium Maastricht students, under the baton of Stijn Waterval.

  • Duration 10’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/hjWMhmRfXmC1KPnC9

    Premiered on the 10th of June 2023 at Conservatorium Maastricht, The Netherlands by Soloist Ioanna Boultadaki and Sinfonietta formed by Conservatorium Maastricht students under the baton of Victor Gil.

  • Duration 6’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/bXdFFA268pPwKr6z9

    Premiered on the 6th of April 2023 by Andrea Armas Batista and Gema Vega Diaz at Conservatorium Maastricht as part of "Xenakis Percussion Week".

  • Premiered in June 2023 in Eijsden, the Netherlands, by the Osimun Quartet.

  • Duration 7’30”

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/GJ2nTe1ra1CKA9mb9

    Premiered on the 2nd of June at Conservatorium Maastricht by Ioanna Boultadaki (Violin), Andrea Armas Batista (Percussion) and Tudor Cioceanu (Piano)

  • Duration 5’30”

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/1HVCda8BPh6E8Auv8

    Recording from the premiere on March 14th, 2022 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

    Kaja Sešek - Violin

    Taja Rijavec - Harp

  • Duration 15’

    Recording: https://on.soundcloud.com/4BXPcZN6tH4ioFL2A

    Excerpt from the premiere on June 2nd, 2021 in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

    Soloist - Taja Rijavec

    Conductor - Luciano Meloni

    Chamber Orchestra formed by students of Conservatorium Maastricht

  • Duration 5’

    Tudor Cioceanu - Piano

Listen to…

Es ist ein eigentümlicher Apparat (2024) performed by

Ensemble Recherche

Stadia (2023) performed by

Contemporary Insights

Antipodas (2022) performed by

ContemPlay Sinfonietta under the baton of Friederike Scheunchen.

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