Noa Blass
1937 - 2008
Noa Blass, musician, educator, composer and writer, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1937. After having completed her studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, studying piano, flute and composition, she wrote her PhD dissertation on therapeutic counselling.
Noa developed an approach to music therapy that brought musical education to children and people with learning disabilities. Her methods gained wide recognition and are currently in use in Israel.
Noa wrote several books on her musical education and rehabilitation methods, as well as fairy tales and a children’s biography of Johann Sebastian Bach. In addition, she composed a number of musical works, including meditative compositions for gongs and bells, which have been performed in various festivals around the world including Israel, the former Yugoslavia, USA, Canada, France and Germany.
Biography taken from shifra.fr
Photo courtesy of composer’s family.
