Yasmine Bougacha

Yasmine Bougacha is a passionate soloist and chamber musician known for her nuanced and diverse stylistic performances. With a rich heritage rooted in Mexican and Tunisian cultures, Yasmine has performed across three continents, including a notable debut as concertmaster and soloist at Carnegie Hall. Her dynamic career is highlighted by engagements such as performing with the Texas female mariachi group Rosas Divinas, Grammy winners at the Stowe Tango Music Festival, and Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Brevard Music Center. Yasmine’s passion for a broad range of musical genres has also led her to arrange traditional Arabic songs, reflecting her deep connection to her cultural roots. Her commitment to using music to humanize narratives led her to cofound Harmonies of Humanity and was recently named a Fulbright Scholar Semifinalist. She holds a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she studied under Won-Bin Yim and Timothy Lees, and a Bachelor of Music with a minor in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University, where she studied with Diane Kitzman and Nathan Olson.