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Achinoam Nini (; born ), known professionally as Noa (), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, 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 at the
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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
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.


Early and personal life

Noa was born in
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, Israel, to a family of Yemenite Jewish origin. She moved to
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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
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alone at the age of 16. She completed her mandatory service in the
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, serving as a singer in the
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of the Northern Command. After her release she studied music at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in
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, Israel, where she met her long-time partner and collaborator Gil Dor, then a faculty member of the school. Noa is married to Asher Barak, an Israeli
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. They have three children.


Music career

Noa has performed in a variety of locations around the world, including
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and
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in New York City, Olympia in Paris, Rome's
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, The Barbican in London, Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley, California, the
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in Chicago, the
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in Switzerland, the
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in the Netherlands, the Stockholm Water Festival in Sweden,
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in
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and
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in
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. Noa has recorded songs in English, Hebrew,
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, 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 Dor's ensembles vary from album to album, ranging from collaborations with musicians such as: Zohar Fresco,
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, Solis String Quartet, Hila Carni and symphonic orchestras around the world. Noa's music is influenced by the singer-songwriters of the 60s such as
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,
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,
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, and
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. These musical and lyrical sensibilities, combined with Noa's Yemenite roots and Dor's background in
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, classical rock, have created Noa and Dor's unique sound audible through hundreds of songs written and performed by the duo. Noa plays percussion, guitar and piano. In 1994, Noa performed ''
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'' with English lyrics she wrote for a live audience of 100,000 and a TV audience of millions at the closing event of the International Year of the Family at the
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, Rome, Italy, witnessed by
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. Noa and Dor have performed on numerous occasions with the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is a major Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert ...
. They recorded an album during a live performance at Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium in 1997. Over the years they have collaborated with symphonic orchestras from Lille, Messina, Parma, Murcia, and Florence. In September 2003, Noa performed an orchestral piece entitled ''L'isola della Luce'' (after the Greek island on which it was performed) which was written by Nicola Piovani especially for her. The work was commissioned by the Cultural Olympics Committee in Athens. In May 2004, the duo performed with the Israeli rhythm and dance troupe Mayumana between the two final games of the
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championship.


Eurovision Song Contest

Together with Arab-Israeli singer Mira Awad, Noa represented at the
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. Their song " There Must Be Another Way" qualified for the first semi-final but eventually finished in 16th place. About the song, Noa said, "If we can truly empathize with each other's sorrow, if we can cry together, then we can also reach the next level of building and overcoming all our other differences."


Soundtracks

In 1998, Noa recorded the part of Esmeralda in French for the original soundtrack of the multi-Platinum selling "Notre Dame de Paris", but did not play the role in the musical. Her song "Babel", written in English, French and Hebrew as theme song for the Gerard Pullicino movie of the same name, topped the charts in France the following year. Noa collaborated with French composer Éric Serra on two songs: one for the film ''The Experience of Love'' from the James Bond film ''
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'', and the song "My Heart Is Calling" from the Luc Besson film ''The Messenger''. In 2000, Noa recorded the theme song " La vita è bella" of the film ''"
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"'', Roberto Benigni's Oscar award-winning film. Noa also wrote the lyrics to the song now titled " Beautiful That Way", together with Dor. The song was recorded and released with the album ''Blue Touches Blue'', and also appears on the soundtrack to the film as well as on her album ''Noa Gold'' in two versions.


Duets and collaborations

Noa and Dor have collaborated with Khaled from Algeria, Nabil Salameh, of Palestinian origin, born in Lebanon, Handallah from Nablus, Rim Banna from Nazareth, Amal Murkus from Kfar Yasif, and Mira Awad from Kfar Raameh. Due to her success in Spain, Noa has also developed several duets with Spanish artists, singing Spanish songs in Spanish. Starting ''La vida es bella'' with singer
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, she also recorded ''Es caprichoso el azar'' along with
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or ''Tú y yo'' along with
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. In May 2002, she took part in a concert at the Rome Colosseum, under the banner of "Time for Life – A Tribute for Peace", featuring
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, Mercedes Sosa, Khaled, Nicola Piovani, and artists from Afghanistan, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Africa and Ireland. In May 2004, she performed in We Are the Future, a globally telecast fund raising concert for children in conflict areas. On 2 July 2005, she performed in
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and
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's
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concert in Rome's Circo Massimo. In September 2005, she performed at the ''Ambrosetti Forum'' which took place in Villa d'Este,
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, Italy, in the presence of
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, Saeb Erekat and
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. In November 2010, Noa and Mira Awad performed at the closing concert of the ''Science for Peace'' event hosted by the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi at the
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in
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, Italy. In February 2025, Noa and Mira Awad performed at the first night of the Italian
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with a cover of " Imagine", addressing the
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.


Awards and recognition

*In 1998 Noa won the "Crystal Award" by the "
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" in Davos, Switzerland, where she performed together with Palestinian artists and participated in numerous panels dealing with peace in the Middle East and the role of art and artists towards bringing it about. *In 2000, the mayor of Melpignano, Italy, awarded honorary citizenship to Noa and Nabil Salameh (a Palestinian singer songwriter) for their activity for peace. *In 2003 Noa was nominated Israel's first "Goodwill Ambassador" for FAO, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. *On 3 April 2005, Noa became the first woman to receive the medal of the "Galileo Galilei" order from the "Grand Orient", the Italian arm of the
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. *On 7 August 2005, Noa received the "Gemona Seminar" prize for artistic excellence and her contribution to peace and understanding. *In 2006, Noa won the "
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Discography

Noa and Gil have written and produced three albums: ''Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor Live'', ''Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor'' (also known as ''Rachel and Leah''), and ''Achinoam Nini''. Their five international albums are ''Noa'' (produced by
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) and ''Calling'' (produced by Rupert Hine) for
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, ''Blue Touches Blue'' (produced by
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) for Mercury Records, ''Now'' (produced by Gil Dor & Yoad Nevo) and ''Genes & Jeans'' (produced by Gil Dor) for Universal Music. In addition, Noa recorded a live album with the
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, and a live CD and DVD with The Solis String Quartet.


Studio albums

*''Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor'' (September 1993) *''Noa'' (March 1994) *''Calling'' (May 1996) *''Achinoam Nini'' (April 1997) *''Blue Touches Blue'' (March 2000) *''Now'' (September 2002) *''Genes & Jeans'' (April 2008) *''Noapolis – Noa Sings Napoli'' (February 2011) *''The Israeli Songbook'' (March 2011) *''Love Medicine'' (2015) *''Letters to Bach'' (2019) *''Afterallogy'' (2021)


Live albums

*''Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor Live'' (July 1991) *''Achinoam Nini & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra'' (April 1998) *''Noa Live'' – DVD/Double CD with the Solis Quartet (October 2005) *''Napoli-Tel Aviv'' (September 2006)


Compilations and other albums

*''First Collection'' (March 2001) *''Noa Gold'' (October 2003) *''There Must Be Another Way'' – with Mira Awad (2009)


Singles

*''Mishaela (Be'eineiha)'' (1992) *''Uri (Akara)'' (1992) *''He (Boi Kala)'' (1993) *''Nocturno (Keren Or)'' (1993) *''I Don't Know'' (1994) *''Ave Maria'' (1994) *''Wildflower'' (1995) *''Child of Man'' (1995) *''U.N.I'' (1996) *''Too Proud'' (1996) *''Lama'' (1996) *''Mark of Cain'' (1996) *''By the Light of the Moon'' (1996) *''Vivre'' (1997) *''Nanua'' (1997) *''Mushrooms (Pitriot)'' (1997) *''But Love (Aval Ahava)'' (1997) *''Babel'' (1999) *''One Becomes Two'' (1999) *''Beautiful That Way'' (2000) *''If I Give You Everything'' (2000) *''The Beauty of That'' (2000) *''Again and Again (Otra Vez)'' (2001) *''Eye in the Sky'' (2002) *''We'' (2002) *''Now Forget'' (2003) *''Shalom, Shalom'' (2003) *''Dreamer'' (2008) *''Genes & Jeans'' (2008) *''There Must Be Another Way'' (2008) *''Someone Out There (Yesh Ey Sham)'' (2011) *''There Were Nights (Hayu Leilot)'' (2011) *''Autumn Wind (Ruach Stav)'' (2011) *''Lullabye (Shir Eres)'' (2011) *''Nothing But a Song'' (2014)


FAO ambassador

In October 2003, Noa was named Goodwill Ambassador of the
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of the United Nations.


Political views

Noa has considered herself to have left-wing political views in various occasions, claiming she repeatedly faced harsh criticism in her home-country of Israel "for being outspoken about peace". Throughout her career, she took part in several events celebrating Israel's Independence Day around the world, including live performances in
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and
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. The singer has also been an advocate for a peaceful resolution of the
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, citing the
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of
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in November 1995 as a turning point for her political activity; (she had been performing at the rally minutes before Rabin was murdered ) she has publicly supported a
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and aligned with organizations promoting co-existence between Arab-Palestinian and
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citizens of Israel. In February 2016, following the publication of a then-deleted report from the ''
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'', which alleged that Noa supported
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, she denied having any kind of ties to the movement, stating that she herself was "a victim of its hypocritical and harmful activity." An outspoken critic of
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's politics, Noa openly condemned the
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backed by the
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's sixth cabinet in 2023, confirming she was involved in the resulting protests and stating that Israel was facing "the worst crisis of its history". She has expressed solidarity with Palestinians facing eviction in the
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.


References


External links

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