Noa

Achinoam Nini Hebrew אחינועם ניני romanized Aẖinóʿam Nini born 23 June 1969 also known professionally as Noa נועה is an Israeli singersongwriter percussionist poet composer and human rights activist working internationally She is accompanied by guitarist Gil Dor and often plays the conga drums and percussions as she sings Noa represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2009 together with singer Mira Awad with the song There Must Be Another Way Her music is known to fuse languages and styles She has performed in 52 countries and was the first Israeli artist to perform in the Vatican Noa was born in Tel Aviv Israel to a family of YemeniteJewish origin She moved to Riverdale Bronx when she was two years old She attended SAR Academy and Rabbi Joseph H Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz High School remaining in New York until her return to Israel alone at the age of 16 She completed her mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces serving as a singer in the military band of the Northern Command After her release she studied music at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat Hasharon Israel where she met her longtime partner and collaborator Gil Dor then a faculty member of the school Noa is married to Asher Barak an Israeli pediatrician They have three children Noa has performed in a variety of locations around the world including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City Olympia in Paris Romes Colosseum The Barbican in London Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley California the Ravinia Festival in Chicago the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands the Stockholm Water Festival in Sweden Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and Teatro Real in Madrid Noa has recorded songs in English Hebrew Yemenite Hebrew Spanish Neapolitan French Italian Sardinian Galician and Arabic Noa and Gil Dor have had various ensembles since their early days as an acoustic duet Noa and Dors ensembles vary from album to album ranging from collaborations with musicians such as Zohar Fresco Steve Rodby Solis String Quartet Hila Carni and symphonic orchestras around the world Noas music is influenced by the singersongwriters of the 60s such as Paul Simon Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen and James Taylor These musical and lyrical sensibilities combined with Noas Yemenite roots and Dors background in jazz classical rock have created Noa and Dors unique sound audible through hundreds of songs written and performed by the duo Noa plays percussion guitar and piano In 1994 Noa performed Ave Maria with English lyrics she wrote for a live audience of 100000 and a TV audience of millions at the closing event of the International Year of the Family at the Vatican Rome Italy witnessed by Pope John Paul II Source Article Noa singer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30