19 October 2003

Noa appears on the tribute book "Serrat Material Sensible" published in Spain.


NOA (Cantante)
Se me hace muy difícil describir los sentimientos que me despierta este hombre tan increíble. La primera vez que supe de él era una niña, cuando alguien me pasó unas traducciones en hebreo de algunas de sus maravillosas canciones. Pero, en aquel momento, no habría podido preveer el placer y el honor que experimentaría mucho más tarde en mi vida, cuando él se convirtió en mi amigo. Cuando habla, su voz me transmite sentido del humor, delicadeza, sofisticación, modestia, sensibilidad y también cierta vulnerabilidad. Pero cuando se pone a cantar siento la historia, la pasión, el lamento, el agua, el fuego, la montaña, tanto y tanto amor, y todo a través de una bellísima oleada de poesía y de música. Como aquella melodía que cantamos juntos, nuestra manera de encontrarnos fue extraña e inesperada. De hecho, ninguno de los dos lo esperábamos porque pertenecíamos a mundos diferentes, pero aquello se acabó convirtiendo en un delicioso baile de dos, una danza cálida que irradiaba una luz preciosa que nos permitió soñar, cantar y querernos. Joan, te envía un abrazo tierno, y pongo mi pequeña mano en la tuya. A veces me parece que no estoy a la altura para ser tu amiga, pero quiero que sepas que siempre estaré aquí para ti. Afectuosamente, Noa.

Editan una biografía de Serrat que retrata su lado más humano BARCELONA, 21 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

La editorial Mina y el Grupo Enderrock acaban de iniciar una colección dedicada a la música con los libros 'Serrat. Material sensible', de David Escamilla, y 'Carles Sabater/Sau. Boig per tu', de Joaquim Vilarnau.

Los dos libros de pequeño formato son una reedición y actualización de los especiales de 'Rockcol·lecció' que aparecieron en marzo de 1999 en el caso del de Carles Sabater y en noviembre de 2003 en el de Serrat.

'Serrat. Material sensible' recoge una "íntima" y "serena" entrevista-conversación entre el cantautor y David Escamilla en la que se "aparece la persona", según explicó hoy el propio autor.

Escamilla, que ha escrito y colaborado en otras biografías de músicos, aseguró que el libro se basa en una entrevista "muy a fondo" que él remitió a Serrat y que el cantautor le fue contestando "poco a poco" y refleja cómo es la vida del artista, la relación con su hija o cómo compone sus canciones.

El libro, de 64 páginas, contiene la biografía del músico, su discografía comentada, fotografías --"algunas de ellas inéditas"-- y opiniones de la artista Noa y los compositores Joan Albert Amargós y Ricard Miralles.

17 October 2003

Noa's concert in Formentor (Spain)


Noa y Awad actúan juntas en Formentor EL MUNDO

PALMA.- Noa regresa a Mallorca, tras su concierto en Costa Nord el pasado verano, para actuar en el Hotel Formentor como parte de los actos del Foro que se celebra en el norte de Mallorca.

La cantante estará acompañada por la palestina Awad. Juntas, ofrecerán un concierto, a las 22.30 horas, en la cena que presidirá el presidente del Gobierno, José María Aznar.

Noa llega a la Isla procedente de Roma, donde recibió ayer la distinción de embajadora para el mundo en representación de la Organización para la alimentación y la Agricultura de Naciones Unidas (FAO).

Después de su actuación en la quinta edición del Foro Formentor, viajará a Madrid y Barcelona donde la próxima semana presenta Gold, su último trabajo discográfico que recoge los mayores éxitos de su carrera.

La actuación de la artista israelí con la cantautora palestina Mira Awad es todo un ejemplo de tolencia y entendimiento. Awad ha grabado a dúo con Noa una versión del clásico de The Beatles We can work it out, incluida en el recopilatorio

16 October 2003

Noa named as FAO goodwill ambassador


16 October 2003, Rome, Italy -- Five more international celebrities have signed on to FAO's campaign to end world hunger, the Organization announced today during ceremonies marking World Food Day 2003.

Joining the ranks of FAO's roster of goodwill ambassadors are rai music sensation Khaled; Latin rock group Maná; Israeli singer Noa;
Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002; and Malian musician Oumou Sangaré.

The group took part in a series of events held at FAO's Rome Headquarters during which the Organization stressed the need for the world community to band together in an alliance to eradicate hunger - the theme of World Food Day 2003.


On 15 October the five new appointees participated in a round-table discussion on the role of FAO ambassadors in helping the Organization combat world hunger. They were joined by previously named ambassadors, including singers Al Bano Carrisi, Magida Al Roumi, Mory Kanté, Youssou N'Dour, Massimo Ranieri and Dionne Warwick; athlete Debbie Ferguson; Nobel prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini; and actress Gina Lollobrigida. Mr. Vijay Amritray, UN Messenger of Peace also
participated in the discussion to share his experience and to encourage the FAO Goodwill Ambassadors to be active in their role.


At the close of the session the group issued a collective appeal "calling on all people to help the least privileged people of the world finally break out of the vicious circle of chronic hunger,
poverty and undernourishment." The ambassadors also pledged to help rally public opinion behind this cause.


FAO initiated its Ambassadors Programme in 1999 to draw attention to the plight of the world's 840 million hungry people and build support
for efforts to help them.


"Governments alone cannot end hunger and undernourishment. People everywhere need to be aware of the problems, and must believe in the importance of finding solutions," said Sidaty Aidara, coordinator of the Ambassadors Programme. "Artists, celebrities, musicians and other public figures are crucial to getting the message out and inspiring people to act."


Towards these goals, FAO ambassadors hold special performances, issue public appeals, participate in fund- and awareness-raising events and visit FAO field projects.

Since 1999, 20 celebrities have taken up the challenge of serving as FAO goodwill ambassadors.

Noa, a leftist and pro-peace activist, told Al-Ahram Weekly that working outside Israel -- in Europe particularly -- has brought her in contact with Arab and Palestinian artists. Apart from performing with Algerian singer Khaled on more than one occasion, here in Italy she has performed with Nabil Salameh, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon. She described their initial meeting as very negative, but the relationship gradually developed into a friendship. Salameh dedicated a song to her son, "something that I wouldn't have believed was possible a few years ago," says Noa. She has also met and collaborated with Amira Awad, a very popular Palestinian singer, whom she has performed with on many different occasions.


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13 October 2003

Noa's concert in Trieste (Italy)


Noa releases in Spain the album "Noa Gold"

It has been 9 years now, almost 10, that I have been having a secret love affair... a passionate, wonderful, mysterious love affair, with... your beautiful country. Like everyone love affair, there are many things about this one that are beyond rationale... it really my heart at work, not my head. I am an israeli girl,with yemenite origins and an american upbringing... on the surface, there seems to be no conection between me and this place, yet every time I come here I feel as i I've always been here, and my soul jumps and dances and smiles and doesn't want to leave.

I have connected to the landscape,its mountain and deserts,its ancient cities and small villages, the endless green, the brilliant sea. I have rejoiced in the rich culture,the colours and smells,the traditions and the ceremonies, the many lovely idiosyncrasies, the different stories, the fabulous music. I have walked through museums and tapas bars, up small streets and down huge boulevards, travelled long dirty roads through no-where, and thrown my voice into the echo chambers fo so many awe-inspiring cathedrals. I have even cautiously, and compassionately,peeked through the keyhole of pain.

I have done all this and so much more, but nothing can compare to the sweet,warm embrace of the people I have met along the way,from the many extraordinary artists I have the pleasure of working with, to the good friends I've made in the music industry, to the many many fans and friends I've met while touring and travelling through you, my lovely Spain.


I would like to Thank You for all this, for making my life so much richer and more beautiful, for listening to the lyrics and the music and embracing them as your own, for encouraging and supporting, for accepting, for taking my hand in yours. I would like nothing more than to continue our love affair for many years to come.


Shalom Ve Ahava.
Noa.

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