Nicolas Perkins
viola
Mexican-American violist Nicolas Perkins is a graduate of The Juilliard School and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at the Yale School of Music with Ettore Causa. He has participated in leading international festivals and academies including the Kronberg Academy Masterclasses, Gstaad Menuhin Academy, Perlman Music Program, Taos School of Music and Kneisel Hall. As a chamber musician, he has performed in the ‘Juilliard Now’ concert series at Lincoln Center and collaborated with artists such as Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit, Nobuko Imai and Rainer Schmidt. A Virtu Foundation Scholar, Nicolas plays a viola by Joseph Grubaugh & Sigrun Seifert, generously on loan, and a bow from the Maestro Foundation. He studied previously with Hsin-Yun Huang and Mai Motobuchi.