Nikolas Sideris (born 1977) has been studying music since the age of five, and holds a PhD in composition from Royal Holloway, University of London. He received his Masters in Composition from the same university in 2005 with distinction and he also has a diploma in Piano with honors, and degrees in Harmony, Counterpoint and Fugue. His studies in the UK were funded by the National Scholarship Foundation of Greece (IKY). Nikolas, as a pianist has performed in concerts all over Greece, the USA and Syria.
He was born in Athens, Greece. He is also active as composer and sound designer in the computer games industry He scored the game Privates by Size Five Games, that won a BAFTA for best Educational - Secondary Game.[1] And he wrote the music for Resonance (video game).[2] He co-owns North by Sound, an Audio Production company based in Norway and Greece and is the founder of Editions Musica Ferrum, a music publishing house.[3]