Michael Noble, D.M.A., 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 [audiences] to dramatic climaxes.” (Lyn Bronson, Peninsula Reviews).
A prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the Carmel Music Society Competition, Crescendo Music Awards, and The Plowman Chamber Music Competition, 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 Wammie Music Awards, the D.C. metro area’s counterpart to the GRAMMYs.
Michael has performed in 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 and series including the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Klavierhaus (NYC), the Gentsche Festspiele (Belgium), the Kwadrofonik Festival (Poland), the Forum de la Création Musicale (Belgium), Musiksommer Schloss Rosenegg (Austria), and the Thailand International Composition Festival.
His performances have been featured on radio stations such as WFMT Chicago and KCAA Southern California and televised on DC News Now (Washington, D.C.). Michael has performed as soloist with the Monterey and Tulsa Symphonies, the Idyllwild Arts Alumni Orchestra, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra under the batons of Max Bragado-Darman, Gisele Ben-Dor, Ransom Wilson, and Peter Askim.
Michael holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and two masters degrees from the Yale School of Music and a B.M. and B.A. 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.
A multifaceted artist, Michael has a keen interest in various genres of music — from Gregorian chant to electronic dance music — and often experiments with different types of music on his programs. His second album, “Ascension,” juxtaposes an original composition and multiple transcriptions with both modern and early works.
A passionate advocate of new music, Michael has commissioned works by Claude Ledoux and is one of the foremost advocates of Frederic Rzewski’s music. The 2024-25 season includes recitals, lectures, and masterclasses throughout Thailand; solo performances at Klavierhaus; in Brussels, Belgium; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; residencies at Georgetown University, Marshall University, and Denison University; and the release of his third studio album “Silver Screen” featuring works by Philip Glass, Max Richter, and Ólafur Arnalds among others. Michael’s discography includes two other solo albums: “American Dissident” which features the works of Margaret Bonds and Frederic Rzewski, and “Ascension.”
Michael resides in Washington, D.C. where he serves on the faculty of Levine Music. Previously, he resided in New York City where he was on faculty at Wetherby-Pembridge NY and Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts. Michael is a Voting Member of The Recording Academy (the GRAMMYs) and is represented by BMI.
