Lucia Nowik is a violinist with the Nashville Symphony and since 2023 has served as the Acting Assistant Principal Second. She has been a part of the studio recording scene in Nashville for many years, where she has taken part in award-winning soundtracks for TV, movies, and video games. In September of 2025, she won a First Violin position with the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and will begin performing during the 2026-2027 season. Originally from New Jersey, Lucia began studying the violin when she was four years old. She holds a Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School and a master’s degree from The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she was a student of Kathleen Winkler. Her former teachers include Masao Kawasaki and Stephen Clapp.

Lucia was both concertmaster and principal for the Tanglewood Music Center and Music Academy of the West. She has also attended Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Spoleto Festival USA. Before joining the Nashville Symphony, Lucia performed with the Baltimore, Louisiana, and New Jersey symphonies. In addition to her orchestral experience, she has performed in chamber and solo settings with artists such as Robert DeMaine, Richard O’Neill, Karen Dreyfus, and Renėe Fleming. Outside of music, she enjoys sport climbing, weight lifting, and fly fishing.