Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut (2001) is only 23 years old, but has already taken her place on the international classical music scene. At the age of six, she played live on Dutch television as part of the “Kinderprinsengrachtconcert 2007” in Amsterdam, and a year later she made her debut in the main hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Since September 2016, she has been an exclusive artist with Warner Classics.

Over the years, Noa has built up a considerable reputation and is regularly invited to festivals, recitals and solo concerts with orchestras at home and abroad. She performs with inspiring musicians such as Janine Jansen, Menahem Pressler, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Müller-Schott, Pablo Ferrández, Amihai Grosz, Timothy Ridout, Kian Soltani, Nils Mönkemeyer, Igor Levit, Enrico Pace, Arthur and Lucas Jussen, as well as with her duo recital partner, the pianist Elisabeth Brauß.

Noa has worked with orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Bamberg Symphony, Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orkest The Hague, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Kremerata Baltica, Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica de João Pessoa in Brazil and Orquesta Sinfónica de Guayaquil in Ecuador, in collaboration with conductors such as Manfred Honeck, James Gaffigan, Michael Sanderling, Vasily Petrenko, Anja Bihlmaier, Nicholas Collon, Elim Chan, Patrick Hahn, Matthias Pintscher, Fabien Gabel and Ariel Zuckermann.

“What makes me happiest is the joy that I can pass on to people through my music and making music together with others.” 

Noa has already won numerous awards and has won first prize at the Louis Spohr International Violin Competition in Weimar (at the age of 9), first prize at the Iordens Violin Competition in The Hague (at the age of 10) and the Concertgebouw Young Talent Prize 2013 (at the age of 11). Last year she received the Anton Kersjes Violin Scholarship 2017 (at the age of 16). Noa will receive the WEMAG Soloist Prize 2018 from the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival. Noa was chosen as an “ECHO Rising Star” for the 2019-20 season by the European Concert Hall Organisation, so she is touring Europe and visiting major concert halls. Noa had the honour of being the artistic director of the 2023 Rügen Spring Festival as part of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival.

Noa began her violin lessons at the age of 4 with Coosje Wijzenbeek and from 2013 to 2018 Noa studied with Professor Vera Beths at the Amsterdam Academy of Music. Noa recently completed her studies with Professor Antje Weithaas at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. In addition to regular courses, Noa attended master classes and lessons with Janine Jansen, Ivry Gitlis, Jaap van Zweden, Menahem Pressler, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Anner Bijlsma and Liviu Prunaru. From 2014 to 2019, Noa was a member of the “Mutter Virtuosi” under the direction of Anne-Sophie Mutter, and was a fellow of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.

Noa plays a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù known as “Lady Stretton”, Cremona ca. 1729—generously loaned by a member of the Stretton Society. Noa’s bow is a beautiful Léonard Tourte, ca. 1800, kindly loaned by the Stretton Society.