Paul Nicolaou

Paul Nicolaou is a multi-award-winning harpist and composer based in Sydney, Australia. Praised as “brilliant” (classikON), he has quickly gained international recognition as a creative and virtuosic young artist, receiving accolades including the 2026 APRA Professional Development Award for Screen Composition, the 2026 Eva Pascoe Award, First Prize in the 2023 National Youth Music Arranging Competition and the 2021 Monash University Emerging Composer Prize. He was also a finalist in the 2025 APRA Professional Development Awards, and received the Highly Commended Award in Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 Young Composer Competition. A graduate from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music with…