Noémi Sallai

Hungarian clarinetist Noémi Sallai was selected as the sole clarinet fellow in Carnegie Hall’s prestigious music program, Ensemble Connect for the 2018-2020 season. Ms. Sallai has spent her summers at the Crescendo Summer Institute, the Sarasota Music Festival and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Sallai premiered works in the United States through The Juilliard School’s Focus! Festival and has received first prize at several national and international clarinet competitions. Ms. Sallai appeared as a clarinetist in such renowned groups as the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Binghamton Symphony Orchestra, The Princeton Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony in C, The Juilliard Symphony Orchestra and the Axiom contemprorary music ensemble. Ms. Sallai holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School of Music and a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Bard College. Her principal teachers include Jon Manasse, David Krakauer, Anthony McGill and Laura Flax. Ms. Sallai currently serves as the Cultural Attaché of the Liszt Institute Hungarian Cultural Center New York.