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Noah Bendix-Balgley (born 1984) is an American classical violinist. He is currently First Concertmaster with the Berliner Philharmoniker. He served as concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 2011 to 2014. == Biography and career == Noah Bendix-Balgley was born in Asheville, North Carolina in 1984. He began playing the violin at age four. He attended the Crowden School in Berkeley, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley goes back to Crowden School )〕 He then went on to study with Mauricio Fuks at Indiana University〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IU Jacobs School of Music alumnus Noah Bendix-Balgley named Berlin concertmaster : Jacobs School of Music )〕 in Bloomington, Indiana, and later at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, where he worked with pedagogue Ana Chumachenco. He plays a 1732 Bergonzi violin that had previously been owned by Nigel Kennedy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley purchases 1732 Bergonzi once owned by Nigel Kennedy )〕 Bendix-Balgley has won prizes in a number of competitions. In 2008, he won third prize, together with a special prize for creativity, at the Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris, and he was a laureate of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. In 2011, he won first prize at the Vibrarte International Music Competition in Paris, and was awarded first prize, and a special prize for best Bach interpretation, at the 14th International Violin Competition “Andrea Postacchini” in Fermo, Italy. Bendix-Balgley has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Belgique, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana (Italy), Orchestre Royal Chambre de Wallonie (Belgium), the Binghamton Philharmonic and the Erie Philharmonic . From 2011 to 2014, he was Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra names new concertmaster )〕 and in 2014 he joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as 1st Concertmaster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Noah Bendix-Balgley, 1st Concertmaster )〕 As a chamber musician, Bendix-Balgley was the first violinist of the Athlos String Quartet, in Munich, from 2008 to 2011, and performed throughout Europe. This quartet won a special prize at the 2009 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition in Berlin. In 2011, he performed with the Miro String Quartet, on an North-American tour. He has performed with artists such Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Gary Hoffman, Emanuel Ax, Lars Vogt, and percussionist Colin Currie, and has performed at many festivals in Europe and North America, including the Verbier Festival, the Sarasota Festival, ChamberFest Cleveland, the Nevada Chamber Music Festival and Chamber Music Connects the World in Kronberg, Germany. He also enjoys performing klezmer music in his spare time, and has played with groups such as Brave Old World, and has taught klezmer violin around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Jewish Chronicle - PSO’s new concertmaster feels strong Jewish inspiration )〕 In 2013, he joined the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, where he has been an artist lecturer, coaching student string quartets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Press Release: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley Joins Carnegie Mellon School of Music Faculty )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noah Bendix-Balgley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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