Greek pianist Nikos Stavlas studied at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki (Igor Petrin, Diploma and First Prize, 2003), at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (Vinia Tsopela, BMus with distinction, 2005) and at the Royal College of Music (Yonty Solomon and Kathron Sturrock, Masters Degree with distinction, 2007), financially supported both by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation and by the RCM itself. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (Andrew Zolinsky and Keith Potter) on Ludwig van, a film and a musical composition dedicated to Beethoven by the Argentinian composer Mauricio Kagel.

He has appeared several times as a soloist with orchestras in Greece, Albania and the United Kingdom, and performs regularly in solo and chamber music concerts in Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. He has recorded live for BBC Radio 3, Catalunya música, and the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT). As a member of the Zalas Trio, he has appeared in the Purcell Room and the Wigmore Hall in London. With the Tetrachord Piano Ensemble he has explored repertoire for 4 pianists on 2 pianos and premiered pieces written for the group, most notably at the Athens Concert Hall. With the contemporary music ensembles Ciklus and Oihua, he has performed experimental music in Spain and the Netherlands. With the soprano Patricia Caicedo he has studied, performed and recorded music by Catalan and South American composers.

Nikos has taught piano masterclasses for advanced adult pianists for several years at Morley College and City Lit in London. As an instrumental coach, he has accompanied students at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, at the Royal College of Music in London, and at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague. He is the principal accompanist of the Barcelona Festival of Song, and coaches chamber music groups at the Grittleton chamber music course in the UK.