Meet Mookie Lee-Menuhin

Acclaimed Concert Pianist and Cognitive Neuroscientist interested in expertise, peak performance, and eudaimonia.

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Mookie Lee-Menuhin integrates her professional musical pursuits with her passion for neuroscience to create meaningful social impact. A graduate with distinction in applied neuroscience from King’s College London, her research explores the neuroscience of musical expertise and performance and the experience of pleasure in music. 

 

Dedicated to using music as a means of healing, Mookie has worked on projects like the ‘Lullaby Project’ with El Sistema Greece and collaborated with UNHCR to promote peace through music. "She was part of the ‘lullaby project’ with El Sistema Greece, giving a concert that brought refugee and local children together at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens in 2019. During the same year, in commemoration of the International Day of Peace, she collaborated with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, delivering a speech and jointly hosting a concert with Barbara Hendricks."

 

Her unique journey has earned her recognition from organisations like CERN (leading a 'Women in Science' conversation) and the SungJoo Foundation (ongoing volunteer work), showcasing just some of her innovative work at the intersection of neuroscience, music and global community social impact.

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​Mookie is a Founding Member of ANA and Advisor to ANA, based in Switzerland. She has supported our mission since its inception,

 

Mookie's Social Impact Pledge: 1. COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION​