NOAM BUCHMAN

Noam Buchman, Israel’s highly-acclaimed flautist, was born in Tel Aviv. He studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music with Uri Shoham, and later with William Bennett in London. As principal flute with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra he has recorded and performed, in concert, most of the existing repertoire for flute. As a soloist he has appeared throughout Israel and in important musical centres throughout Europe, North and South America, and at the Bloch Festival directed by Dalia Atlas. He performs and records with various chamber music ensembles and is a founding member of the Israel Contemporary Players ensemble. In 1995 Noam Buchman gave the world première of Flute 3000, a concerto for flute and orchestra by the Israeli composer Shlomo Gronich, commissioned by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to him. Noam Buchman’s extensive repertoire ranges from the Baroque and classical periods to more contemporary ones. A major part of read more...