Noam Aviel, New Music Director of Symphony in C
(Collingswood, NJ) Symphony in C's Board of Directors, Music Director Search Committee, and staff are delighted to inform you that Music Director Noam Aviel will be relocating from Israel to the Philadelphia/New Jersey region in September, just in time to conduct the 2023-2024 concerts.
"I am grateful for the enormous opportunity of becoming a member of the Camden community," Noam Aviel said. " Our musicians are the most talented and passionate musicians in the world. Symphony in C cares deeply and takes great pride in its musicians, which fits my values. I am looking forward to working together and spreading the spirit and message of classical music."
Born in Israel, Noam Aviel studied at Tel Aviv University and later studied conducting at Illinois State University. She led the San Antonio Symphony as Associate Conductor where she was named one of 25 “Renaissance Women” who have shaped the city of San Antonio as she led the orchestra’s extensive educational, community and outreach concerts. Conducting engagements have also included Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, and Opera Orlando.
Paul Bryan, Chair of the Music Director Search Committee, said, “The music director search process gave Symphony in C’s musicians and audiences the opportunity to experience the work of five very fine conductors over the course of the 2022-2023 season. I’m very pleased that Noam Aviel will be joining the orchestra as its next music director. She brought remarkable passion and energy to the group’s music-making. Beyond her work leading the orchestra, her conversations with the search committee exemplified her genuine interest in the continued growth of Symphony in C’s musicians and the organization as a whole.”
Jack Tarditi, Chairman of the Board of Symphony in C, said, “The process of finding Symphony in C’s next Music Director has reached a successful conclusion, with the appointment of Noam Aviel, a talented and engaging conductor, and someone dedicated to the continuing success of Symphony in C. The search process resulted in candidates who were all eminently qualified, consisting of some of the finest conductors in the world. Although the decision was difficult, we could not have erred with any of the choices. The characteristic which distinguished Noam Aviel was and is her enthusiasm for advancing the mission of Symphony in C. We are confident that our audience will find her to be an amazing talent with a most engaging personality.”
Symphony in C’s 2023-24 season includes five concerts at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts developed with Noam Aviel, with works by Corelli, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Beethoven, Henriette Renié, Leonard Bernstein, and Florence Price. Concert dates to be announced.
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Biography:
“It was simply Beethovenian.It took literally only two seconds to know that this would be a remarkable performance.”
Hailed for her artistic excellence, versatility and charismatic stage presence, Noam Aviel has emerged on the international scene as one of the most dynamic young conductors. She has been recognized for her musicianship, deep understanding of stylistic approaches in a wide range of repertoire from opera and symphonic to jazz, and sensitivity to the needs of the artists with whom she collaborates.
Following her recent debut with the Symphony in C in the US, Noam Aviel has been appointed
the orchestra’s Music Director starting from the 2023/2024 season.
Former Associate Conductor of the San Antonio Symphony, Noam Aviel has made successful appearances conducting the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden, KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic and Johannesburg Philharmonic orchestras in South Africa as well as San Antonio Philharmonic. In 2022 Noam made her debuts at Opera Orlando with Thomas Albert’s contemporary music drama Lizbeth and at Mobile Opera in Alabama conducting L’elisir d'amore.
Noam Aviel’s future engagements include concerts with Symphony in C, German symphonic debut with Dortmund Philharmoniker, a debut at Opera Tampa conducting Hansel and Gretel, as well as returns to Mobile Opera conducting Marriage of Figaro and Opera Orlando for Massenet’s Cendrillon. Noam Aviel has worked on numerous opera productions including La Traviata, La Bohème, Macbeth, Carmen, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement at the Illinois Festival Opera.
Born in Israel, Noam Aviel studied voice performance and orchestral conducting at Tel Aviv University, and later continued her studies in orchestral conducting at Illinois State University in the US. In 2017 Noam Aviel was appointed Assistant Conductor, later promoted to Associate Conductor, of the San Antonio Symphony where she has led the orchestra’s extensive educational, community and outreach concerts programme working closely with Sebastian Lang Lessing. In this role she quickly gained recognition for inventive programming and has been praised in the US press as one of 25 “Renaissance Women” who have shaped the city of San Antonio.