Violinist Miki Cloud enjoys a rich musical life as a chamber musician, orchestra leader, educator, and artistic director. Chosen as the inaugural recipient of Tarisio’s Sun-Law Vuillaume Fellowship, Ms. Cloud is passionate about music’s ability to spark connection and healing.

Since 2009, Ms. Cloud has been a core member of the self-conducted chamber orchestra, A Far Cry, as a violinist and co-artistic director. Acclaimed for her approach to the listening experience, her artistic direction has been described as “ingeniously crafted” by The Boston Globe and “intoxicating” by The New York Times. Ms. Cloud is a former member of the New York-based Solera Quartet, winners of the 2017 Pro Musicis International Award and 2018 Guarneri Quartet Residency from Chamber Music America.

Beyond the concert hall, music has been her invitation to gently enter the sacred spaces of her neighbors: five-year-olds in a Boston forest school, incarcerated men at Corrigan Radgowski Correctional Center, New Yorkers hospitalized with COVID in 2020, expectant parents of color with Neighborhood Birthing Center, and infants at Boston Children’s Hospital.

An alumnus of Harvard, Yale School of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Perlman Music Program, Ms. Cloud delights in her students at Project STEP, NEC Prep, Walnut Hill, and Greenwood Music Camp.