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Noam Faingold

Biography

Noam Faingold was born into a family of academics and knowledge took precedence in Noam's home.

Noam excelled in an International Baccalaureate program in high school, and volunteered as a teacher's assistant at his synagogue. He entered college and received advanced standing credits for visual arts, the first student to be granted such credits at The University of Tulsa. New to reading music, Noam still embraced that subject. He switched course and began to study composition. "My theory professor recommended me as a music theory tutor. I started writing serious classical works and began teaching private lessons."

During college, Noam collaborated with string, brass, and woodwind players from the school of music to form the 15-piece Noam Faingold Orchestra, which performed in Tulsa. He played drums in and composed for a TV show's jazz band, and worked transcribing and teaching music. He participated in a film-scoring seminar at New York University. He edited the arts section of the student newspaper, and won a prize for arts criticism from the Society of Professional Journalists. The university also awarded Noam first prize in the music school's composition competition. He has also studied compositon at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and in Berlin with a Juilliard professor, receiving grants from both The University of Tulsa and the Tulsa German American Society to attend.

Noam dedicates himself to bringing classical music, influenced by jazz and other modern forms, to new audiences. This scholarship makes possible Noam's further studies in New York, where living costs would otherwise be prohibitively high. He plans to write works that incorporate various cultures' musical traditions, especially symphonies and operas that reflect South American and Middle Eastern themes. His study of languages contributes to his goal of having his compositions performed worldwide.

Noam recently received a positive review in the New York Times! Classical music critic Allan Kozinn describes Noam's music as having "... a melodic, plaintive quality, and even  as the writing grows more complex, a lyrical impulse remains at its heart."  You can read the whole article on the New York Times website.

Noah Faingold has been selected as The Next Big Thing by the BBC.  His Rock Orchestra was selected out of 2000 entries from 88 countries to be included in their Top 20 Next Big Thing 2007competition. Click here to read more.

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