A native of San Francisco, Nick Main is a composer, singer, and poet and has been based in Helsinki since 2021. Prior to moving to Finland to study musical composition in the Sibelius Academy, Nick studied composition and opera performance at the The New School’s Mannes School of Music in New York City. While studying at The New School, they also took courses in free improvisation at The School of Jazz, in poetry at the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, and in speculative design at the Parsons School of Design. In addition to composing and performing concert and stage music, Nick frequently collaborates with artists of other mediums and loves exploring the interconnectedness between language and music. Nick also serves on the junior advisory council of Musaics of the Bay, a musician and artist network based in the San Francisco bay area.