Ken Noda

Ken Noda

piano

Biography

Pianist Ken Noda has worked at the Metropolitan Opera since 1991 as musical assistant to James Levine until 2017 and from then on, presently as musical advisor to the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program where he coaches young singers. He is a regular guest vocal coach at the Verbier Festival since 2018 and the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute since 2009. He studied piano with Daniel Barenboim from ages 16-23. As a former soloist, he played under Abbado, Mehta, and Ozawa and as an accompanist, with Battle, Norman, and Behrens. He was closely asdociated with Scotto and Horne at their vocal programs in the 2010s.