Nándor Götz graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest in 1991. During his studies, he also played in the International Youth Orchestra, conducted by Yehudi Menuhin in Paris. 

Between 1994 and 2000 he was the soloist of the Cologne contemporary music group Musikfabrik. Since then, he regularly performs with them as a guest artist in prominent concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro alla Scala Milano, Opera Garnier Paris, Lincoln Center New York, Barbican Center London, WDR Cologne.

He also performed numerous times with the Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern Frankfurt modern music ensembles.

Nándor has given concerts with famous composers and conductors, including Mauricio Kagel, Hans Zender, Péter Eötvös, Diego Masson, Earl Brown, and Luciano Berio, performed in almost all European countries as well as in Jordan, the USA, and Japan.

In the German pavilion of the 2000 Hannover Expo, he played the solo at the premiere of Mauricio Kagel's work: Burleske, conducted by the composer and with the participation of the WDR choir.

He is also the founder of the Götz Saxophone Quartet. Nándor has given concerts,  conducted and taught masterclasses in Japan. In 1998 and 1999, together with the Klangforum Wien, he was a guest artist at the Salzburger Festspiele. 

In 2009, Nándor developed a creative music theatre method for instrumental education, called the Situational Method. Since 2014 he leads an audiovisual class at the Bartók Conservatory of Music department of Franz Liszt Academy of Music.

He has made studio and concert recordings with several labels and appeared on numerous radio broadcasts including Hungarian Radio, WDR Cologne, Maison de Radio France Paris, ZDF Zurich, and Radio FIN. 

Most important published recordings are: 

Chamber Music by Harrison Birtwistle (CPO 1995)

Rebecca Saunders: Quartet (WDR-Kairos 2001)

Satie–Xonophone solo album: Music by Ravel, Satie, and Debussy transcribed by Nándor Götz (Hungaroton HCD 31763)

László Sáry: Dance Music (BMC 2003)

C. P. E. Bach: Concertos (Capriccio)

Sounds at an Exhibition- Götz Saxophone Quartet 

Since 2015 Nandor Götz is the founder and Artistic Director of the Zenélő Budapest Summer Festival.​

In 2020 he started to design public outdoor musical instruments as a part of the festival's interactive concert programs. 

As a composer, Nándor works for instrumental ensembles and for the stage include: "A Glass of Water" (Accompanying music for chamber orchestra, to the comedy by E. Scribe), first performed by Madách Theatre, Budapest, Hungary 2003, and "The Sword of Antony,"  crossover opera for eight singers, ballet ensemble and orchestra. The Sword of Antony was also performed at the 2005 Theater Festival San Francisco.