Mikuláš Škuta was born in 1960 in Komárno (Slovakia), He studied piano with Alěbeta Elanová at the Conservatory in Bratislava and with Eva Fischerová-Martvońová the Academy of Music and Drama. He polished his skills as a postgraduate student of Claude Helffer in Paris.
His honours include Second Prize at the Beethoven Competition in Hradec (the Czech Republic) in 1980 and a unanimous victory at the International Smetana Competition (1981). He also won Third Prize at the Maria Callas International Competition in Athens. He has received awards from the Slovak Music Fund (special prize on the 'Prague Spring' Festival Piano Competition, 1988), Slovak and Czech critics on numerous occasions.
Since 1993, he has divided his time between classical music and jazz. He has proved a talented improviser. In the field of classical music, he has performed as soloist with the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Košice State Philharmonic, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Slovak Sinfonietta of Žilina, the 'Cappella Istropolitana' and the Bruckner Orchester Linz.
He has also appeared (sometimes in a duo with his wife, Eleonora Škutova) at numerous prestigious festivals, including the Salzburg Festival, 'Melos Ethos' in Bratislava, the 'Warsaw Autumn', the Internationale Musikfestspiele Davos, 'Contrasts' in Lviv, and the Contemporary Music Festival in Cracow.
His discography includes a wide selection of cds, both solo and in various ensembles, featuring mainly contemporary Slovak music and jazz.