Koka Nikoladze (*1989) is an artist, composer, technologist, multi-instrumentalist, and instrument inventor based in Oslo, Norway. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire as a performing violinist. He then graduated composition department of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Later he graduated master's program in Performing New Music Technology from the Norwegian Academy of Music. In 2016 Koka Nikoladze became a Ph.D. fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project researching animated notation and real-time composition. His music is regularly performed at major music festivals on prestigious stages. He is also known as an inventor and producer of electromechanical instruments. His "Beat Machines" became popular in 2016. Since then, the Discovery Channel, ARTE, MTV, and other media, as well as VICE, WIRED, GIZMODO, and New York Magazine featured Nikoladze's creations.