Biography
Niki Main (they/she) is a singer, composer, and poet based in Finland, Belgium, and the US. They are currently pursuing their master’s degree at the Sibelius Academy where they study composition and singing with supplementary studies in early music at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. They are artistically at home in numerous contexts whether it be singing in front of an orchestra, behind the audio for an installation art exhibit, or acting in a performance art piece. Niki’s repertoire spans from the early baroque and J.S. Bach's oratorios to romantic lieder, opera, and modern works, including premiering works by living composers. Recent projects include collaborations with the Avanti!, Lapish, and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestras, EMO Ensemble, Key Ensemble (broadcast by Yle, the Finnish Broadcasting Company), Koekeittiö (Test Kitchen), Musaics of the Bay, and Katarina Barruk and work for festivals and exhibitions including the FRONT International Triennial, Making Home–Smithsonian Design Triennial at the Cooper Hewitt, Musica Nova Helsinki, and an UrbanApa Miniresidency at Tekstintalo. Niki has written two chamber operas, It Takes a Child’s Imagination (2024) and 1994 San Marino Grand Prix (2025), both of which they premiered in Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. Other recent performances include the roasting swan in Orff's Carmina Burana with Opera BOX, lieder by Alma Mahler with the Royal Conservatoire The Hague's chamber orchestra featured on Omroep West (Radio West), the arrangement premiere of Riikka Talvitie’s Queen of the Cold Land: Prologue for countertenor and orchestra with the Sibelius Academy Orchestra, John Cage’s Songbooks at Viitasaaren Musiikin Aika (Time of Music Viitasaari) directed by Joan La Barbara, the roles of Honour in Purcell’s King Arthur and Liberto, Lucano, and Littore in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with the Sibelius Academy Opera, and Vistole in Francesca Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero with the Iceland University of the Arts. Niki won 1st prize in the 2025 International Eduardas Balsys Composers Competition for their composition Ea was of water but could not cry which was subsequently performed by the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra and broadcast by the LRT (Lithuanian National Radio and Television). From 2025 to 2027, Niki is a mentee through the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme.
Niki is bookable as a singer, composer, poet, actor, music arranger, and otherwise artistic collaborator.
Updated December 30, 2025