Nicholas Van de Velde (°1994) started playing the piano when he was 5. At the age of 9 he became 1st laureate of the national Grétry competition and laureate of the international Epta competition.  That year, he was admitted to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, in Abdel Rahman El Bacha's class, graduating with highest honors in 2013.

He has won many 1st prizes in national and international competitions ('Cantabile Piano Competition', 'Rotary Breughel Competition', 'International Steinway Competition', 'Charlier Piano Competition', 'Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists'…).

In 2004, at the invitation of Queen Paola, he performed as a soloist at the Royal Palace in Brussels in Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto. He represents Belgium at prestigious festival such as the 'International Steinway Festival' in Hamburg, 'Festival de Vexin' in France,  'Encuentro de Musica y Academia de Santander'...

In 2008 Nicholas made his mark in the Henri Le Boeuf Hall at BOZAR with the 2nd Piano Concerto by Dmitri Shostakovich together with the National Orchestra of Belgium.

In 2018 he was invited by the ambassador of Belgium & Muziekraad Vlaanderen to Venezula to perform the concerto for the left hand and orchestra by Maurice Ravel in the famous Simon Bolivar hall.

He performed in venues like  'Studio 4' in Flagey, 'Salle Henri Le Boeuf' in BOZAR, 'Laeiszhalle' in Hamburg, 'Richard Jakoby Saal' in Hanover,  Sala Argenta in Santander, in concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Chopin, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff…

In 2011, Nicholas started his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels with Jan Michiels. In 2013, Nicholas joined Markus Groh's class at the 'Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien' in Hanover and 'Universität der Kunste' in Berlin, where Nicholas currently studies. Nicholas attended masterclasses with  Menahem Pressler, Paul-Badura Skoda, Rudolf Buchbinder, Dmitri Bashkirov…