Career
He began his musical career by studying piano at the University of Music in Graz under Eike Straub. As harpsichord player, arranger and conductor of the award-winning ensemble Quadriga Consort Nikolaus Newerkla has performed extensively throughout Europe and the United States with concerts at major music festivals. Lately the group has specialised on programmes with arrangements of ancient popular music from the British Isles.
Newerkla is also engaged in arranging and composing (he received a two-year Kiwanis scholarship).
He teaches at the University of Music in Graz, Austria. Nikolaus Newerkla: Playford Dances & Carolan Tunes, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2007
Nikolaus Newerkla: Scarborough Fair, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008
Nikolaus Newerkla: Ancient Tunes in New Consorts, Moeck, Celle, Germany, 2008
Nikolaus Newerkla: The Music of an Irish Harper, Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012
Nikolaus Newerkla: The English Dancing Master, Bärenreiter, Kassel, Germany, 2012.