BIOGRAPHY

A R D Z

Name : Nick Arddley Nicholas
Stage Name : Ardz
Date of Birth : 15th August 1991
Place of Birth : Tambunan, Sabah.
Height : 176cm
Hobbies : Composing, travelling, animes & collecting.
Genre (songs) : Rnb, soul, Pop, Ballad & Jazz.
Trademark : Baritone (vocal distortion)
Influenced by : James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross,
Etta James & Stevie Wonder.


ABOUT ARDZ

Ardz was born into a musically inclined family. The majority of the family
members are doing music for a living and he’s also doing the same. Ardz is
doing everything from singing, to producing and performing. Started piano
lesson since 11 year old and had received his London College of Music (LCM)
Diploma few years ago in piano performance. He’s also a music teacher at the
House Of Music Arts in his hometown, Tambunan.

MENTORING:

FORTISSIMO MENTORING PROGAM (2012-2015)

- Voice Mentor: JUWITA SUWITO
- Performing Art Mentor: MICHAEL XAVIER VOON (Jaclyn Victor’s
personal coach)
- Keyboard Mentor: Aubrey Suwito
YAMAHA MENTORING 2015
- under the guidance of Aubrey Suwito.

ACHIEVEMENT

• London College Of Music (LCM) Diploma in Music Performance.

• Grand Prize winner of Sabah Talent show in 2017.
• 2 runner up as a band (D5 band) in Asian Beat, Tokyo Japan.
nd

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

MANGO JAZZ INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY 2013

KOTA KINABALU JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013 (FUNKAFIZE BAND)
JOHOR BAHRU ARTS FESTIVAL 2014
GUEST SINGER FOR EKSPRESI KOMBO PROGRAM IN RTM
(partner with ESTHER APPLUNIUS OIAM)
ASIAN BEAT 2016 (DOMINANT 5TH BAND)
KOTA KINABALU JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017 (DOMINANT 5TH BAND)
KONSERT BAYU KENYALANG 2018
(as Keyboardist collaborate with RTM Sabah)
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