Nanki Chugh

violin

Nanki Chugh is a violinist, writer, and composer who is passionate about the intersection of music, art, and science and its impact on education and society. She is Creative Education Director of Musiqa, a Houston-based music collective. She recently created and performed “Discovery Series: The Science of Sound” with DACAMERA at the Hobby Center in Houston, and she premièred the musical adaptation of her upcoming children’s book Symba and the Lobster with Harris County Public Libraries.

A versatile violinist, Ms. Chugh is an alumnus of the DACAMERA Young Artist Program, performs new works with Musiqa, and has performed in festivals including Orford Musique and Valdres Academy. She was awarded first prize at the 2024 Emerging Researchers National Conference for her research on the effects of collaborative music-making on the brain. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University and a Master of Music in Violin Performance from the Rice University Shepherd School of Music.