Nikola Meeuwsen, First Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Piano 2025, is currently studying under Enrico Pace and Marlies van Gent at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola and under Frank Braley and Avedis Kouyoumdjian at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. In 2022, he was awarded the Grachtenfestival Award, having won the Concertgebouw Young Talent Award (2019), Royal Concertgebouw Competition (2014) ,and Steinway Competition (2012). He has built up an extensive list of solo and chamber music performances, having worked with such symphony orchestras as the Residentie Orkest, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra ,and Sinfonia Varsovia. He is a regular guest at Dutch and international festivals, and has played with musicians such as Janine Jansen, Corina Belcea, and Augustin Dumay. Future engagements include concerts with the Residentie Orkest, Belgian National Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, and chamber music with Alexander Warenberg, Benjamin Kruithof, and Noa Wildschut.