| Noa in Concert With Special Guest Mira Awad |
אחינועם ניני מארחת את מירה עוואד בהופעה |
| Known in Israel by her given name Achinoam Nini, Noa is Israel's leading international concert and recording artist. In 1994, Noa performed her version of Ave Maria for a live audience of 100,000 and a TV audience of millions at the culmination event of the "Year of the Family" at the Vatican, witnessed by Pope John Paul II. She performed during the Jubilee in the year 2000, before the Pope and an audience of 500,000 students, together with Alanis Morissette, Lou Reed, Gerarad Depardieu, Dave Stewart and Andrea Bocelli. In March 1999, Noa sang for President Clinton at the White House. Noa studied music at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Israel and the Rimon Music School where she met her long-time partner and collaborator Gil Dor. Over the span of their 15 year career together, Gil and Noa have written and produced successful international and Israeli albums. Mira Awad is an Israeli Arab singer, actress and songwriter. She was born in Rameh village in Galilee, Israel, to an Arab Christian father and a Bulgarian Christian mother. She lived in New York City from age two until her return to Israel at the age of 17. Her family is originally from Yemen. In 2009, Awad and Noa represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song There Must Be Another Way. |
Noa (Achinoam Nini) is Israel's leading international concert and recording artist. She has collaborated with Sting, Stevie Wonder, Carlos Santana, Sheryl Crow, George Benson, Jhonny Clegg, Zucherro, Peter Maffay, Pino Daniele, Rita Marcotulli and many more. She has performed in numerous venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Rome's Colloseum, Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland and the Water Festival in Stockholm. Noa helped write the lyrics for Nicola Piovani's musical theme for Roberto Benigni's Oscar award winning movie "Life Is Beautiful" and collaborated with French composer Eric Serra on The Experience of Love from the James Bond film "Goldeneye" and My Heart Calling from the Luc Besson film "Joan of Arc."
In 1994, Noa performed her version of Ave Maria for a live audience of 100,000 and a TV audience of millions at the culmination event of the "Year of the Family" at the Vatican, witnessed by Pope John Paul II.
Israeli Arab singer, actress and songwriter Mira Awad will also perform.
מירה עוואד, ערבייה נוצרייה מהכפר ראמה בגליל, אף היא בוגרת "רימון", הנה זמרת ושחקנית ("עבודה ערבית"). בשנת 2009 נבחרה, יחד עם אחינועם ניני, עמה היא משתפת פעולה בהופעות והקלטות לאורך שנים, לייצג את ישראל באירוויזיון. במופע המשותף תופיע אחינועם ניני עם גיל דור וההרכב שלה ועוואד עם הרכב נוסף. |
| Date: | Thursday, March 22 |
| Time: | 8:00 PM (Doors open at 7:30 PM) |
| Location: | OFJCC, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall |
| Fee: |
| $60 Members & students, $65 Non-Members (Reserved seating) $75 at the door, space permitting | |
| Contact: | ICC (650) 223-8692 icc@paloaltojcc.org |
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