Ahinoam Neeni ( Heb. אחינועם ניני ) (also known by the stage name Noah ( Heb. נועה , born June 23, 1969 ) is an Israeli singer. Noah is the author of most of his songs; he plays drums , guitar and piano . Most of her songs can be attributed to the genre of folk , although she performs songs of various genres in more than 10 languages: Hebrew , English , French , Spanish , Italian , Yiddish , Arabic , etc. American creativity had an undoubted influence on her work. performers of the 60s, such as to Barbara Streisand , Johnny Mitchell , Paul Simon and others.
Ahinoam Nini (Noah) Achinoam nini (noa) | |
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Full name | Ahinoam Nini |
Date of Birth | June 23, 1969 (50 years) |
Place of Birth | |
A country | Israel |
Professions | Singer |
Instruments | , , and |
Genres | folk , Ethno , Eastern music, Blues , Jazz , Pop |
Aliases | Noah |
Labels | Geffen records |
Content
First steps
Noah was born on June 23, 1969 near Tel Aviv in a family of immigrants from Yemen . Her father is a chemical engineer and her mother is a child psychologist, soon after the birth of her daughter, they moved to the United States , to the New York Bronx . In 8 years, Noah begins to compose his first songs. At the age of 17 she left her studies at the New York Academy of Arts and left for Israel. She enters the May Boyer School. After a while she meets her future husband, Asher Barak. In Israel, Noah is called into the ranks of the armed forces . Two years of service ended with the title of sergeant-vocalist.
Career start
Meeting with Gil Dore was turning in the works of Noah. Dor is a virtuoso guitarist and composer, co-founder of the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, where Noah has studied since 1990. Dor notices a talented student. They start working together and publish two Hebrew albums. One - with pop , rock and jazz standards ( Achinoam Nini Gil Dor Live 1991 ) and the other with poets of Israeli women - poets ( Achinoam Nini Gil Dor 1993 ), who acquired platinum status in Israel.
International Debut
Gil Dor showed a few of their songs to Patu Metani, the guitarist, representing Geffen Records . In 1993, Methani, together with his friend Steve Rodby, produced Noa , which had some international success: Japan , Italy , Spain , France and, finally, the United States recognized Noah's skills.
Noa and Dor work in parallel in two directions - international (Noa, Calling, Blue touches Blue, Now, Genes & Jeanes) and other, for the Israeli market: Achinoam Nini (1997), Achinoam Nini & The Israel Philarmonic Orchestra (1998), First Collection ( 2001). The singer in her work cannot bypass the Arab-Israeli conflict . She dedicates a few songs to the tragically deceased Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin .
Esmeralda
Noah is a frequent visitor in Europe , especially in France . She becomes the first performer of the role of Esmeralda's gypsy in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris ( 1998 ), based on the work of Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo .
Duets and Soundtracks
Noah sings a duet with such artists as Sting , Stevie Wonder , Lara Fabian , Donovan , Patrick Bruel , Zucchero , Maurane , Miguel Bose , Peter Maffay , Khaled . Together with the latest singer, Noah writes a version of Lennon 's “Imagine” in Hebrew and Arabic. The most famous duet of the time is the collaboration with Florent Pagny - the song "I don't know." For some time he collaborates with the Sardinian singer Andrea Parodi (the duet performed three compositions).
Noa sang the song “Beautiful That Way”, which became the soundtrack for Roberto Benigni ’s film “ Life is Beautiful ” (1997), the soundtrack for the film “ Babylon ” (“Babel”, 1999), Gerard Pullichino , and the song “My Heart Calling”, which became the soundtrack for the film by Luc Besson " The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc " (1999).
Eurovision 2009
Noah, along with singer Mira Awad, presented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " There Must Be Another Way ", taking 16th place. [3]
Family and Charity
Noah is married to doctor pediatrician Asher Barak. They have three children: son Aeli, daughter Enoa and the third newborn child Yam. There is a dog - Tina. In 2004, Noah was appointed a representative of the FAO international organization.
Discography
- Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor Live (July 1991)
- Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor (September 1993)
- Noa (March 1994)
- Calling (May 1996)
- Achinoam Nini (April 1997)
- Achinoam Nini & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (April 1998)
- Blue Touches Blue (March 2000)
- First Collection (March 2001)
- Now (September 2002)
- Noa Gold (October 2003)
- Noa Live - DVD / Double CD with the Solis Quartet (October 2005)
- Genes & Jeans (April 2008)
- There must be another way (feat. Mira Awad) (February 2009)
- The Israeli Songbook (2011)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 AllMusic - 1991.
- 2 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 134965183 // Common Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- Ев Eurovision: the complete failure of Israeli political correctness