Noah Bendix-Balgley studied at the University of Indiana under Mauricio Fuks before going on to further studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, with Christoph Poppen and Ana Chumachenko. A laureate of many competitions since 2001, he particularly distinguished himself at the American String Teachers Association National Solo Competition (Dallas), before going on to win first prize at the Andrea Postacchini Competition (Fermo, Italy) in 2007, third prize at the Long-Thibaud Competition (Paris) in 2008 and first prize at the Vibrarte International Music Competition in Paris, France. He has performed in Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Iceland, China, Switzerland, Great Britain, Canada and the United States, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), the Orchestre National de Belgique (Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels), the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana (Italy), the Orchester Jakobsplatz Munich, and the Asheville Symphony (USA). In 2011, he was named the new concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Noah is a passionate and experienced chamber musician. In 2011, he performed on a North American tour with the Miro String Quartet. In 2008, he was invited to participate in Chamber Music Connects the World in Kronberg, Germany, where he worked and performed with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Gary Hoffman and Lynn Harrell. He has collaborated with artists such as Ana Chumachenco, Wen-Sinn Yang, Hariolf Schlichtig, and percussionist Colin Currie.