Biography

Nick Luby is a concert artist and professional dedicated to truth, joy, community, service, and sustainability. A multi-genre pianist, improviser, educator, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, and producer, he concertized nationally from 2021-2025 with The Concert Truck as a solo recitalist and chamber musician, performing over 600 concerts in parks, downtown city streets and squares, neighborhoods, schools, farmers markets, public institutions, and community gathering places across the country, drawing crowds throughout the US and Canada in over 20 states, and captivating thousands of listeners along the way. Nick conceived of The Concert Truck in 2015 and co-directed the enterprise, resulting in a successful sale of the business in June, 2025.

Nick’s collaborators and chamber music partners have included James Ehnes and the Ehnes Quartet, Efe Baltecigil, Edward Arron, Sterling Elliot, Nathan Chan, Ara Gregorian, Rachel Lee Priday, Richard Luby, concertmasters, principals, and members of the Dallas, Seattle, and North Carolina symphonies, Alan Kay, Mikael Darmanie, Joy Guidry, Max Bent, and Lamar Adot Thomas. Nick’s performances, recordings, and interviews have been seen and heard nationwide on local, state, and national TV & radio stations. 

Nick has given lectures, workshops, and coachings on music entrepreneurship, community engagement, and chamber music to undergraduate and graduate students at Rice University, the New World Symphony, the University of South Carolina, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Aspen Music Festival & School. He began teaching at the age of 15 and has served as a teacher of piano, chamber music, and improvisation at the advanced precollege level, both privately and at the Gilman School in Baltimore. He has maintained in-person and remote teaching studios throughout his career, nurturing students’ love for music and guiding them to victories in international competitions. 

Born and raised in Chapel Hill, NC, Nick is a laureate of the 2019 Prix Ravel in Fontainebleau, France. He holds degrees in piano performance (graduate certificate, M.M.) and music & philosophy (B.A.) from the University of South Carolina, University of Michigan, and Wesleyan University. He resides in Baltimore with his wife, Courtney.