Lucie was born in New York to Dutch and French parents. She is 16 years old and attends 11th grade at the Packer Collegiate Institute. Lucie has been participating in the Suzuki program at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music since she was five years old and has had the privilege to be taught by Junko Nagai over the last seven years. Thanks to Ms. Nagai, Lucie has had the opportunity to perform at piano recitals and piano festivals not only at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music but also at outside venues, such as the Opera Center and Steinway Hall. In 2023, Lucie started participating in piano competitions. She received several awards, which gave her the privilege of playing several times at Carnegie Hall and Victor Borge Hall at the Scandinavia House. Lucie is close to her sister and younger brother. She is bilingual in English and French, and in her spare time she likes to play tennis, write, and see her friends.
Watch Lucie Van Kwawegen perform Trois Ecossaises, Op. 72 No. 3 by Frédéric Chopin on the piano for the 2026 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.