Greek–British pianist Nikos Stavlas studied at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki (Igor Petrin, Diploma and First Prize), at the University of Macedonia (Vinia Tsopela, BMus with distinction), and at the Royal College of Music in London (Yonty Solomon and Kathron Sturrock, Master’s Degree with distinction), supported by scholarships from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation and the Royal College of Music. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (Andrew Zolinsky and Keith Potter) on Ludwig van, a film and musical work dedicated to Beethoven by the Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel.

He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Greece, Albania, and the United Kingdom, and performs regularly in solo and chamber music concerts across Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. He has given solo and chamber music concerts at major venues including Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London, Megaron Athens Concert Hall, Greek National Opera, Palau de la Música Catalana, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam, and Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht. His performances have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3, Catalunya Música, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), and NPO Klassiek. His discography includes Latin American art songs recorded with soprano Patricia Caicedo, two albums of piano music by Berlin-based composer Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, and the Piano Quartet, Op. 7 by Vincent d'Indy with the Haarlem Piano Quartet.

Nikos has taught piano masterclasses for advanced adult pianists at Morley College and City Lit in London. As an instrumental coach, he has worked with students at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, the Royal College of Music in London, and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. He is Principal Pianist of the Barcelona Festival of Song and coaches chamber music ensembles at the Grittleton Chamber Music Course (UK). Since September 2025, he has been working as a correpetitor at the Conservatorium Maastricht, where he coaches string players and plays for orchestral conducting workshops.