Noah Sonderling is a Piano Fellow at the New World Symphony. In demand as a chamber musician, he has collaborated with artists including Norman Krieger, Anton Nel, Eric Kim, Brandon Vamos and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has also appeared as a substitute keyboardist with the New World Symphony, Owensboro Symphony and American Youth Symphony.
A champion of both classic and modern music, Mr. Sonderling was a member of the Indiana University New Music Ensemble from 2015 to 2020 and appeared twice as a concerto soloist with the ensemble. He has worked extensively with both student composers and recognized modern masters such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Augusta Read Thomas, Andrew Norman, Dai Fujikura and Georg Friedrich Haas.
Mr. Sonderling’s recent awards include second prize in the 2022 Sidney Wright Piano Accompanying Competition at the University of Texas and first prize in Indiana University’s Ligeti Concerto Competition in 2018. He also received awards in the 2015 Brevard Music Center Piano Competition and 2013 Edith Knox Concerto Competition in Torrance, California. In 2019, 2021 and 2022, Mr. Sonderling received the Orchestral Keyboard Fellowship from the Aspen Music Festival. He has also participated in the Brevard Music Festival, Orford Musique Académie and Montecito International Music Festival, and in 2018 was one of three pianists chosen to be young artists in residence at the Manchester Music Festival.