Alexander Nicholls

Biography

Alexander Nicholls is an award-winning violoncellist, and musicologist specialising performance and study of eighteenth-century music. He holds degrees in both music performance from the Juilliard School (USA), and The University of Western Australia, as well as a musicology degree from The University of Sydney (AUS). Gaining momentum from orchestral experiences and studies with various international artists across three continents, Alexander appears in concerts and recordings with various ensembles and orchestras across the world. Alexander is currently undertaking his doctoral studies at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (AT) under the supervision of Dr Clive Brown where he is studying the violoncello performing practices of King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1744–1797). He is passionate about the recovery of neglected eighteenth-century music through various mediums, and historically informed approaches to musicology.