Noah Hoffeld
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Cellist, songwriter and producer Noah Hoffeld came from a classical background, but playing classical was never everything to him. Before graduating Juilliard, he began bringing alternative music to the cello.

Noah played on the 2020 Grammy-winning Best New Jazz Album Finding Gabriel by Brad Mehldau, and brought the string section together for the recording. He’s played solos for the likes of Natalie Merchant, Bebel Gilberto and Renee Fleming, for films like A Walk in the Woods with Robert Redford, and for the 2023 Bafta-winning score of Mood on BBC.

Noah records and arranges remotely for composers and songwriters around the world. He produces and mixes tracks, and plays regularly for Grammy-nominated artist Krishna Das, the “rock star of the yoga world.”

When playing the cello coudn’t convey words of care for people and the planet, an undeniable calling propelled him to write songs. The new album Mobile Home, coproduced with Mark Plati (Bowie, The Cure, Prince, etc) is out everywhere. In the single Born For America, he balances faith in the country’s promise with today’s divisiveness and inequality.

Essentially Pop says, “His vocals [are] strong and rich, with a hint of Tom Petty, John Lennon, or even Bob Dylan. His lyrics certainly evoke the latter.” Indie Band Guru calls him “A one-man wrecking crew….If “Born For America” is just a sampling of what Noah Hoffeld is planning on shelling out in the next few years of his career, we’re about to hear some of the best indie pop/rock to come from a piano-clad vocalist in a long time now.”

Watch the “Born For America” video

In 2021, Bodhiheart: Love Rules, Meditations for Cello and Piano with pianist-collaborator Wells Hanley was released, featuring Mark Egan (Pat Metheny, Sting) on fretless bass and Arjun Bruggeman on tablas. Reviews New Age wrote, “Bodhiheart improvises one of the best albums of year’s end.” Love Rules was featured on Echoes Radio, syndicated across 120 stations nationwide, and debuted at #14 on the NACC Chill Chart. Listen here.

A longtime devotee of meditation, Noah takes to heart Gandhi's saying, 'Be the change you wish to see in the World.”

As well as enjoying yoga and the outdoors, he’s a big fan of staring at the sky.

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All photos by Gretchen Robinette, except Noah at the piano (above) by Piotr Redlinski.