Natalie Loughran, viola, is quickly establishing herself as one of the most versatile young artists of our time. She was awarded First Prize at the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition, as well as the Audience Award and the BIPOC Composer Prize for her arrangement and performance of William Grant Still’s “Mother and Child”.  A former member of the Kila Quartet, Loughran is a sensitive and passionate chamber musician. She has appeared on WQXR’s series, “Midday Masterpieces”, and has participated in the Perlman Music Program Chamber Workshop, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, Yellow Barn, and Kronberg’s Chamber Music Connects the World. She earned her B.M. and M.M. in Viola Performance at The Juilliard School, studying with Roger Tapping, Misha Amory, and Hsin-Yun Huang as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. In Fall of 2022, Loughran began her professional studies at the Kronberg Academy with Tabea Zimmermann. She plays on a 1976 viola by Sergio Peresson.