Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles at Sweets Ballroom, 2016
Nicholas Kanozik is a dynamic artist and educator - distinguished as a pianist, visual artist, conductor, and composer, he integrates these skills through his leadership in the arts.
Nick is committed to advancing interdisciplinary arts education and celebrating global music traditions both within the US and internationally. Examples of his work have appeared in The LA Times, The New York Times, Mercury News, Pauline Oliveros' Tower Ring Publication, among others.
As the Education Coordinator for the Kronos Quartet's "50 for the Future" initiative, Nick curated innovative projects for conservatory students across the U.S., Canada, and abroad, amplifying this groundbreaking resource.
His tenure as Education Director at ARTogether was particularly meaningful as he helped hundreds of refugee youth find community through the arts.
Nick has also played a vital role at Cal Performances, bringing together thousands of students across California including Gustavo Dudamel's Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles which he had the honor to conduct in 2018.
From 2015 - 2022, Kanozik Chaired the Music Department at Oakland School for the Arts helping to propel the careers of hundreds of Oakland's youth.
As an arts administrator, Mr. Kanozik has hosted master classes with luminaries such as Wynton Marsalis, Yo Yo Ma, Emanual Ax, and has worked to provide opportunities for Bay Area youth at PIXAR studios, CA Governor Jerry Brown's annual galas, Youtube and Google headquarters.
In addition to his music endeavors, Mr. Kanozik continues to develop a career in visual art through his business, Kanozik Sound Art. Working predominately with watercolor, ink, and acrylic, he has been a part of solo and group exhibitions at The Compound Gallery, Mills College Gallery, The Peralta Station, Mechanism Studios, and Monash University in Australia. Kanozik was particularly honored to have his visual art studio featured on the Netflix documentary "The Creative Brain" hosted by neuroscientist and New York Times bestseller, David Eagleman.
Kanozik continues to develop his re-invented clavier à lumières (Light Organ). Since it’s inception in 2010, the instrument has premiered works by Kennedy Center's Artist in Residence, Mason Bates, it has been installed at multi-sensory education events, and "Future Spaces" festival. In 2023 Kanozik was a featured consultant at the Synesthesia Symposium and performance of Prometheus by the Antwerp Symphony in Belgium.
Kanozik is currently the Grants Manager for the annual "Arts and Music in Schools" proposition across Oakland schools.
Mr. Kanozik was born in Munich, Germany and resides in Northern California.
