Noa (singer)

This article is about the Israeli singer. For the Japanese singer born in unknown year, see Noa (Japanese singer). For the Japanese singer born in 2000, see Noa (Japanese singer, born 2000).

Noa
Background information
Birth nameAchinoam Nini
Born (1969-06-23) 23 June 1969 (age 55)
OriginTel Aviv, Israel
GenresPop, world, Hebrew, jazz, blues
OccupationSinger
Years active1990–present
LabelsNMC, Geffen Records, Universal Records, Believe Digital, Naïve Records
Websitenoasmusic.com

Achinoam Nini (Hebrew: אחינועם ניני, romanized: Aẖinóʿam Nini; born (1969-06-23)23 June 1969), known professionally as Noa (נועה), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, poet, composer, and human rights activist[1] working internationally. She is accompanied by guitarist Gil Dor and often plays the conga drums and percussions as she sings.[2] Noa represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 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.

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Achinoam Nini". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ "A little bit of Berklee in Tel Aviv". Boston Globe. 6 December 1992. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014.