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Sunday, May 24 2026
Michael Noble
Piano
Water, Memory, Silence
This recital explores intimacy, nostalgia, and suspended time through the music of Federico Mompou, Francis Poulenc, and composers in adjacent sound worlds. Beginning in the inward stillness of Mompou and moving through the dreamlike lyricism of Claude Debussy, Luciano Berio, Dobrinka Tabakova, and Ennio Morricone, the program traces a gradual path from fragility and reflection toward rhythmic vitality and release in Mompou’s Cançó i Dansa selections.
PROGRAM
Federico Mompou
Música callada, Book I No. 1
Pájaro triste
Prelude No. 5
Francis Poulenc
Nocturne No. 7
Claude Debussy
Rêverie
Luciano Berio
Wasserklavier
Francis Poulenc
Les chemins de l’amour
Ennio Morricone
Cinema Paradiso Theme
Dobrinka Tabakova
Nocturne
Francis Poulenc
Improvisation No. 15 “Hommage à Édith Piaf”
Nocturne No. 4
Federico Mompou
Cançó i Dansa Nos. 6, 12, and 5
BIOGRAPHY
Michael Noble is “a pianist with an admirable ability to serve the music at times with the subtlety of a master chamber music player, and also at times to blaze forth with commanding virtuosity and to carry [the audience] to dramatic climaxes.” (Lyn Bronson, Peninsula Reviews). A prizewinner of numerous international competitions, Michael has been called “a pianist to remember” (Het Nieuwsblad) and “exceptional” (New York Concert Review). His most recent accolades include nominations in the Best Classical Artist and Best Classical Song categories at the 2024 and 2026 Wammie Music Awards, the DC metro area’s counterpart to the Grammys.
Michael’s discography includes three critically noted solo albums—American Dissident, Ascension, and Silver Screen—which together have surpassed one million streams across major platforms. These recordings reflect his commitment to exploring spiritual and improvisatory traditions, and bridging contemporary and popular idioms with the classical repertoire.
He has performed in renowned venues, including Weill and Zankel Halls at Carnegie Hall, Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis), the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, the Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels, and the Preston Bradley Center in Chicago. Additionally, he is a sought-after guest artist, appearing regularly at festivals including the Cremona Musica (Italy), Gentsche Festspiele (Belgium), the Kwadrofonik Festival (Poland), the LOOP (Belgium), Musiksommer Schloss Rosenegg (Austria), and the Thailand International Composition Festival. Michael has been featured as soloist with the Monterey and Tulsa Symphonies, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Alumni Orchestra, among others.
Michael holds a doctoral and two master’s degrees from the Yale School of Music and a BM and a BA in English Literature cum laude from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Rochester respectively. In addition, he attended the Paris Conservatoire and the Royal Ghent Conservatory, the latter as a Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. His principal teachers and mentors include Peter Frankl, Nelita True, Melvin Chen, Daan Vandewalle, and Nicholas Angelich.
His 2026–27 season features solo and chamber performances throughout Belgium, Italy, and the United States, residencies at Georgetown University and Central Arkansas University, and the release of his fourth and fifth solo albums.
Michael is on faculty at Levine Music and a frequent guest lecturer at Georgetown University. He is a Voting Member of The Recording Academy (the GRAMMYs) and is represented by BMI.
For more information visit michaelnoble.net.
Videos:
Mozart Sonata in A minor, K. 310
Glass Etude No. 9
Album:
michaelnoble.hearnow.com/ascension
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