Nicki Chen

Hi I’m Nicki
Music is my homing signal, reaching out to old souls and those ready to look within. This is my way of searching for soulmates.
I’m a violist that uses improvisation to embrace instability and search for forgotten experiences and hidden energy.
I love spontaneous improvisation with people I have never met before. This special energy of familiarity and the myth of a stranger fuels something beautiful and exhilarating with each new experience. Themes of home, community, loneliness, and perseverance also drive my sound but I also acknowledge and enjoy that often people have different ways of relating to my work in a way that would be the most healing or cathartic for them.
I invite the audience to join me in surrendering to the process of peeling back armor to reveal raw emotions without fear of judgment or imperfection.