Meg Okura

The NY Times called her music “grandiloquent beauty that transitions easily from grooves to big cascades to buoyant swing,” Meg Okura is a Grammy-nominated violinist, composer, and the founder of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. A Tokyo-native Juilliard grad, she has won over two dozen grants and awards, including the CMA New Jazz Works in 2018, and has shared stages with such luminaries as Michael Brecker, Steve Swallow, Lee Konitz, and Tom Harrell. With a discography of seven albums, she has appeared in over 100 projects. Her ensembles have appeared at Birdland Jazz Club, Blue Note, Dizzy’s, and Knitting Factory, Roulette, Kennedy Center, K.L. Jazz Festival in Malaysia, and performances in the U.S., Israel, Serbia, and Japan.