About Us
Nari is an Israeli ensemble active since 2019, specialized in the performance of baroque music on period instruments. Inspired by historical practices, the ensemble maintains a fresh and unique approach to the music, creating an immediate connection with the contemporary listener. By highlighting the drama and emotion of the texts and music, Nari aims at drawing the audience into the story, and inspiring emotional empathy with the protagonists of the music they perform. Nari's concerts are structured as a continuous and coherent performance, interweaving vocal and instrumental pieces with spoken text and quasi-theater. Each program becomes a whole that is larger than the sum of its parts, presenting a central theme from varying points of view. This approach has won Nari first prize in the TARF international recorder competition 2021, where they presented an innovative program combining contemporary and baroque repertoire. Nari has performed in major Israeli chamber music series, including “Youth at the Center” at the Jerusalem Music Center, and “Philharmonia” in Kfar-Vradim. The ensemble has also performed in major festivals, including the “Felicja Blumental International Music Festival”, “The Holiday of Holidays” festival in Haifa, “Monday Afternoon Concerts” in Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra's “Witches” festival.
Faces Behind the Music
Liron graduated from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in 2020. She participates both as a soloist and as an ensemble singer in productions of the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Barrocade Ensemble, The Israeli Vocal Ensemble and more.
Liron's operatic repertoire includes Rachel and Rivka (Imahot/D. Sebba), Clorinda (Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda), Serpetta (La Finta Giardiniera) and Zerlina (Don Giovanni). She is a recipient of the Ronen Foundation scholarship (2022).
As an entrepreneur, Liron collaborates with young artists such as herself to take part and create original performances. In 2019-2021 she created an educational children's play “Voice & Strings” and performed it alongside the mandolin player Roi Dayan for all elementary schools in the city of Be'er Sheva, Israel.
Liron participated in master classes with Chen Reiss, Yuval Zorn, Brian Zeger, Corina Marti, Ammiel Bushakevitz and David Shemer. In the 2022-23 season she performs in the original production “The Origin of the World”, which enables an interactive experience that combines different artistic mediums. She will also perform the role of Morgana in Handel's Alcina with the Jerusalem Lyric Opera Studio in addition to regularly performing with Nari Baroque Ensemble.
Naomi is a recorder player, currently studying towards her master's degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (JAMD). As part of a special program for early music studies, she has received lessons with leading musicians in the field, including Prof. Kenneth Weiss, Prof. Ashley Solomon, Prof. Pierre Hamon, and Matthias Maute. Naomi completed her bachelor's degree at the JAMD in 2022, under the instruction of Ms. Drora Bruck, and she later completed a year of studies under Prof. Pedro Memelsdorff at ESMUC, Barcelona.
Naomi has performed as a soloist and ensemble member with several orchestras, including the Barrocada Ensemble, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, the Tel-Aviv Soloists Ensemble, and the Bertini Choir. She also enjoys creating innovative concert programs and managing musical projects.
In 2017 Naomi won the first prize at the International Recorder Competition in Nordhorn, Germany. In the years 2018, 2019 and 2022 she won several awards at the Tel Aviv International Recorder Competition, including two first prizes, and she performed a solo recital at the festival's 2023 edition. Naomi is a recipient of the Sharett (AICF) Foundation Scholarships and the Ronen Foundation Scholarships. She was also a participant of the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Program for Excellence in Chamber Music.
