Naomi Shaham

Naomi Shaham (Double bass, 1997) is currently studying with Olivier Thiery, member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, in the Conservatory of Amstrerdam. Since 2018, she is principal bass of the West Eastern Divan Orchestra and since 2019, an academist in the Apprenticeship Scheme of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. She studied for 5 years with Nir Comforty, member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in the Buchmann- Mehta School of Music at the Tel Aviv University. Naomi is was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra. She was a participant in the Practicum Program of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to orchestral playing, Naomi performs as a chamber musician in series of the Tel Aviv Museum and of the Pierre Boulez