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 Shoam and later with William Bennett in London.
Noam Buchman holds the position of Principal Flautist with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as a soloist in a large number of concerts and recordings, both in Israel as well as in leading music centers throughout Europe, North and South America – the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Fine Arts in New York, the Gasteig in Munich, the Rudolfinum in Prague and more.
He has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Barcelona Radio Orchestra, the Poznan Philharmonic, and the Prague Chamber Orchestra to name but four, and alongside renowned performing artists: Tabea Zimmerman, George Malcolm, Renaud Capucon and Dimitri Sitkovsky. His solo appearances have been under the baton of conductors such as Gary Bertini, Lawrence Foster, Sergio Commissiona and Leon Botstein. He also works and records with various chamber ensembles, is a regular participant at international festivals, and is a founding member of the Israel Contemporary Players.
In October 1995, Noam Buchman gave the world premiere in Jerusalem of Shlomo Gronich’s Concerto for Flute, “Flute 3000”, a work which had been commissioned by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, was dedicated to Mr. Buchman, and has since been performed in well-known cultural centers internationally.
He has recorded to date eight CDs, which include, among other works, flute concertos by Nielsen, Ibert, Partos and Gronich, as well as chamber works by Bach, Schubert, R. Strauss, Ben-Haim, Zehavi, Leef, Ran and Sheriff.
Noam Buchman’s repertoire is a varied offering of musical artistry that ranges from compositions of the Baroque and the Classical periods to more contemporary ones. A major part of his musical activity is devoted to performing and promoting Israeli music, and in recognition of his achievements in this area he was awarded the “Prize for Excellence in Performing Israeli Music” by the Arts and Culture Council, as well as the “Oedeon Partos Prize” by the Minister of Culture.
In addition to his career as a performer, Noam Buchman teaches flute at the Jerusalem Music Academy.
Noam Buchman plays a 14 carat Muramatsu gold flute.