Noa's concert in Assisi (Italy)

Il concerto sarà trasmesso il 25 dicembre alle 12.30 Roma - La cantante israeliana Noa e il direttore d'orchestra serbo-croato Goran Bregovic sono stati i protagonisti del ventesimo Concerto di Natale registrato quest'oggi nella Basilica superiore di san Francesco ad Assisi. Il concerto, diretto dall'Orchestra sinfonica della Rai, sarà trasmesso in eurovisione il 25 dicembre, dopo la benedizione 'Urbi et Orbi' di Papa Ratzinger, alle 12.30. All'evento hanno partecipato il presidente della Corte costituzionale Annibale Marini, il presidente della Rai, Claudio Petruccioli, il direttore generale Alfredo Mocci, per la prima volta insieme ad un concerto ad Assisi. "Per i francescani - ha detto padre Enzo Fortunato, portavoce del Sacro Convento di Assisi - il concerto è l'occasione per diffondere un messaggio di pace e di fratellanza e di un evento mediatico che suscita emozioni che fondono insieme spiritualità, arte e comunicazione". L'artista Noa e Goran Bregovic si sono esibiti insieme in "Wedding and Funeral Band". Il concerto si è aperto e chiuso con due tradizionali brani natalizi, "Stille Nacht" e "Adeste Fideles".FRANCESCANIAgenzia APcom, 17 dicembre 2005

Dalla Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi, l’Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, diretta dal maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson, esegue musiche di Gruber, Bizet, Bach, Fauré, Massenet. A questa edizione parteciperanno anche: il gruppo balcanico "Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral band", la cantante israeliana Noa ed il coro di voci bianche di Londra "New London Children’s Choir" dirette dal maestro Ronald Corp -www.rai.it

Noa in Assisi, Italy. The concert will be held at Basilica Superiore di San Francesco at 11.00 o'clock. The main performers are Goran Bregovic, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai and the New London Children's Choir. The concert will be broadcasted on tv, normally all the concerts of the OSN (Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionalle della Rai) are broadcast live on Radio3 Rai and many of them are broadcast on Rai Tre television (not Rai 1). At Rai 3 radio website it's scheduled to broadcast that show on Saturday december 24th at 20.00h as part of the Christmas programs. And at Rai Tv will be broadcasted on Dec. 25th at 12.30. Noa, Gil and Zohar will perform two songs in Assisi with a Symphony Orchestra in a television event, singing their beautiful Hebrew trilogy "Three Days", and the eternal "Ave Maria".

Noa's performance at Fashion Awards in Taormina (Sicilia, Italy)

Noa's performance at the italian Fashion Awards Gala, at Taormina's Greek Theater (Sicily, Italy). June 22nd

Noa sings "Ave Maria" on Rai Uno's special show broadcasted after the funeral of the Pope John Paul II. (Italy)

Noa will sing "Ave Maria" on Friday night, on Rai Uno's special edition of "Porta a Porta". She will be the only artist on the show, which will air after the funeral of the Pope. There will be many distinguished guests from around the globe talking about the deceased Pope. "This is a great honor for me. There are so many great artists around the world, and to be chosen is fantastic. I will be there not only as a singer, but as a representative of the Jewish people and Israel, to pay repects to the man who respected the Jewish people. I feel it is a very heavy responsibility", she said in numerous interviews to newspapers from around the world held in the last 24 hours. The show is expected to be watched by millions. Noa's rendition of "Ave Maria" has been receiving heavy airplay since the death of the Pope.

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© Mariangela Ajello & Maurizio Urso:

first it was evident (not only for us ) that last Friday the beauty of Noa's voice and the magic of the song completely changed the atmosphere in the TV studio of Rai Uno. The debate was interesting for the personalities taking the part in the show, but only after Noa's music - and then Noa's speech - it changed into a debate with a high level of emotion.

We want to remember also two other beautiful moments: the Italian actress Pamela Villoresi said: Noa, i've listened to the cd with Ave Maria thousands of times; maybe you say that you're not a religious woman but you sing like an angel!

Then there were the congratulations to Noa by the journalists for being the first Israeli artist to perform with Palestinian and Islamic singers, representing a model of dialogue between the different cultures and religions.

Beautiful also Noa's words about the power of love and compassion. She told that the evening when the Pope died, she was in Italy for a concert; she knew that the Pope was not well, so wanted to dedicate Ave Maria to the Pope. While she was singing, she felt something strong inside, a tension she couldn't understand. At the end of the song someone went to the stage and gave the news of the death in that moment of the Pope. So she asked: how can it be? What can connect a Yemenite Jewish girl with Bach and Gounod and the Pope? This is something trascendental, the power of love, of compassion, of openmindness, of peace: Noa said to believe in this power strongly.

At the end of the show after a very long debate about the elections of the new Pope, talking about the age and other technical details, Noa expressed her hope, also as mother of two, that the next Pope could be a person who open mind and heart to all the peoples and work for peace with love: this is more important than any argument.

RA1 broadcasts the documentary "Il mio shalom" dedicated to Noa. (Italy)

© by Mariangela Ajello & Maurizio Urso. About the RAI Tv Special show "il mio shalom" dedicated to Noa and broadcasted on January 2003.
last week on the italian tv rai1 there was a wonderful special "il mio shalom" (my shalom) dedicated to noa. it's so great!!! beautiful images of noa in israel mixed with some beautiful images of her stay in rome walking in the centre with asher and ayehli. and also a really interesting interview with noa reaching, as always, our hearts and talking about many things: her motherhood, her life in tel aviv, her wish for peace, the performances with palestinian artists, her opinion about the religion and the pope.
the journalist introduced noa as a gentle face, a velvety voice, a greatest and undoubted charisma. then the interview started: noa explained how becoming mother has made her understand the power of love. we liked very much the beautiful definition for her music and her voice as "the doctor of love"! noa talked also about ayehli, the meaning of his name and the songs dedicated to him, about her wish to create a peaceful atmosphere around her family in tel aviv.
we loved so much noa's words against war, against totalitarism and fanaticism, against every crime and violence made in name of religion or god. she expressed also her admiration for this pope who denounced the horror of the holocaust and all the wars in name of religion. at the end of the interview a wonderful thanks to italy, in italian :"grazie per tutti gli anni di amore" (thank you for all the years of love)! but it's italy that thanks noa for bringing so much love, magic and beauty!