Biography
Noa Chorin
The Israeli Cellist holds the position of principal Cellist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra.
Noa started playing the cello at age 9 with Mr. Uri Chen and later on with Mr. Hillel Zori, with whom she studied her Bachelor of Music at the Buchman-Mehta School of music.
Further studying with Mr. Zvi Plesser (Israel) and Prof. Josef Schwab (Germany).
She graduated with highest honor her Master degree with Prof. Stefan Forck at the Musikhochshule “Hanns Eisler”, Berlin.
Noa took part in master-classes with well-known cellist as Prof. Uzi Wisel, Prof. Bernard Greenhouse, Prof. Janos Starker, Prof. Wolfgang Boettcher, Prof. Franz Helmerson among many others.
Since 2005, she is a member of the “West Eastern Divan” Orchestra directed by Daniel Barenboim, who also granted her studying scholarship. There she also holds the positions of assistant principal and principal cellist.
Noa played with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Germany State Opera, as an academist from 2009 until 2012.
She has won several scholarships such as the “American-Israel Cultural Foundation” for cello performing (1999-2009) and chamber music (1999-2001), The “Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now foundation”, Berlin (2013), the “Friend’s Association of the Hanns-Eisler Musikhochschule” (2012-2013) and “Germany Scholarship”.
Noa has won a price in the “Ben-Haim” competition, and a price of the “Buchman-Mehta School of music“ competition.
As an active chamber music performer, she participated in many music festivals in Israel and Europe such as the Chamber music festival of the young outstanding musician unit at the Jerusalem music Center “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”, International Cello Congress in Israel, Rolandseck Chamber music festival, The Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival (Israel), “Serenata Berlin” festival (Spain), “Vareler Hafen” music festival and Wiesel music festival (Germany); there she also performed as a soloist with the “Israeli young Kibbutz Orchestra” and “Wiesel Festival Orchestra”. Lately Noa preformed as a soloist with “The Israel Chamber Orchestra”.
Noa performs in various chamber music groups and a permanent cellist in “Trio Mia” and in “Ensemble Collage Tel-Aviv” which she founded herself.
Currently Noa based in Bangkok, Thailand, where she performs regularly with various chamber music groups and festival and a guest lecturer at the Princess Galyani Institute of Music.