Noa Sarid

Noa Sarid is an Israeli violinist and chamber musician. She is the first violinist of the Dior Quartet, winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Elmaleh Competition, Second Prize winner in the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition (2021), and bronze medalist of the 46th Fischoff National Chamber Competition (2019). Coached by the Pacifica Quartet, the Dior Quartet also studied with members of the Alban Berg, St. Lawrence, Danish, Artemis, Ébène, and Belcea Quartets. 

Noa was a Rebanks Fellow at The Glenn Gould School for the year 2023-2024. 

Noa is the recipient of scholarships and awards, such as the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and the UNO Competition (second prize, 2013). As a soloist, Noa toured in Israel and Europe and participated in The Aspen Music Festival and School as a full scholarship recipient. As a chamber musician, Noa is a Naxos Records artist (2020) and a member of the Canadian Chamber Orchestra.  Noa is committed to advocating social justice through music, performing in hospitals, shelters for survivors of domestic violence, prisons, and schools for children with special needs.

Noa holds a master’s degree in Violin Performance from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and along with Dior Quartet, completed a three-year residency at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto as their Quartet in Residence. Noa’s violin mentors include Simin Ganatra, Roi Shiloah, and Nava Milo. She now pursues her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Toronto. 

Noa is a member of The Royal Conservatory's Oscar Peterson School of Music (OPSM) and teaches violin at OPSM and the Oscar Peterson Program.