Achinoam Nini

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Achinoam Nini (born June 23, 1969; known outside Israel as No. 1) is an Israeli singer.

She is often joined by guitarist Gil Dor, and she frequently plays the conga drums as she sings.

In 2009, Nini and singer Mira Awad performed Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest together with the song "There Must Be Another Way."

She is a well-known Radical-left supporter in Israel.

Early and personal life

Noa was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Yemenite-Jewish family. At the age of two, she moved to New York City. She attended SAR Academy and Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper School of Ramaz High School in New York, and she stayed in New York until she returned to Israel alone at the age of 16.

She completed her mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces while serving as a musician in the Northern Command's military band. Gil Dor, a long-time partner and collaborator, then a faculty member of the school, studied music after her release.

Noa is married to Asher Barak, an Israeli pediatrician. They have three children.

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Music career

Noa has appeared in a number of venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in Paris, Olympia's Colosseum in Rome, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Salzburg Water Festival in Barcelona, Palau de la Msica Catalana in Barcelona, and Teatro Real in Madrid.

Noa has recorded songs in English, Hebrew, Yemenite Hebrew, Spanish, Neapolitan, French, Italian, Sardinian, Galician, and Arabic. Noa and Gil Dor Dor have performed in various ensembles since being a young acoustic duet. Noa and Dor's ensembles range from album to album, with musicians including Zohar Fresco, Steve Rodby, Solis String Quartet, Hila Carni, and symphonic orchestras around the world. Noa's music is influenced by the singer-songwriters of the 1960s, such as Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and James Taylor. The nexus of music and lyrical sensibilities, as well as Noa's roots and experience in jazz and classical rock, have contributed to Noa and Dor's unique sound, which has been reproduced in hundreds of songs written and performed by the pair. Noa is a percussionist, guitarist, and piano player.

Noa performed Ave Maria with English lyrics she wrote in 1994 for a live audience of 100,000 and millions of viewers at the International Year of the Family's (Italia) closing event, which was attended by Pope John Paul II.

With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Noa and Dor have appeared on numerous occasions. During a live performance at Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, they recorded an album. Over the years, they have collaborated with symphonic orchestras from Lille, Messina, Parma, Murcia, and Florence. Noa performed an orchestral work named L'isola Luce in September 2003 (after the Greek island on which it was based) that was written by Nicola Piovani specifically for her. The Cultural Olympics Committee in Athens had commissioned the investigation. In May 2004, the pair performed with the Israeli rhythm and dance troupe Mayumana in two of the Euroleague basketball championship's final games.

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Awards and recognition

• In 1998 Noa won the "Crystal Award" by the "World Economic Forum" in Davos, Switzerland, where she performed together with Palestinian artists and participated in numerous panels dealing with peace in the Middle East and the role of art and artists towards bringing it about.
• In 2000, the mayor of Melpignano, Italy, awarded honorary citizenship to Noa and Nabil Salameh (a Palestinian singer songwriter) for their activity for peace.
• In 2003 Noa was nominated Israel's first "Goodwill Ambassador" for FAO, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization.
• On 3 April 2005, Noa became the first woman to receive the medal of the "Galileo Galilei" order from the "Grand Orient", the Italian arm of the Freemasons.
• On 7 August 2005, Noa received the "Gemona Seminar" prize for artistic excellence and her contribution to peace and understanding.
• In 2006, Noa won the "Mia Martini Critics' Award" at the 56th Sanremo Music Festival in Italy, appearing with the Solis String Quartet and Carlo Fava.
• In 2008, Noa became a "Cavaliere della Republica" – Knight of the Italian Republic.
• In 2018, she was honored with the title "Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" – Commander of the order of merit of the Italian republic.
• In 2018, Noa was also named "Pellegrino de Pace", Pilgrim of Peace, Assisi.
• In 2019, Noa was awarded the Shulamit Aloni Lifetime Achievement Award.