Artist · Red Light Jazz 2026
NOHMI
Upcoming Concerts:
NOHMI
Miran Noh and NOHMI
Miran Noh is a jazz pianist from South Korea, based in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. She is the founder and leader of NOHMI. In 2025, the ensemble won the prestigious The Records, Keep an Eye Foundation Award.
New Album: Brightness & Darkness
Recently, NOHMI released their second album Brightness & Darkness, which they will present during the Red Light Jazz Festival at De Waalse Kerk.
Musical Inspiration and Style
Brightness & Darkness is a musical exploration deeply inspired by the impressionist masters Ravel and Debussy. Their harmonic language, textures, and atmospheric depth shape the sound world of this album, where each piece unfolds like a painting—fluid, suggestive, and emotionally layered.
Light and Shadow as a Theme
The concept aligns with the natural interplay of light and shadow, similar to the visual impressionists who captured fleeting moments in nature. Here, light represents hope, clarity, and human connection; darkness reflects the complexity of emotions, struggle, and the hidden layers of modern society.
Personal and Social Reflection
Through this contrast, the album reflects not only personal introspection but also a broader contemplation of the social structure of our world—its beauty, inequality, and quiet tensions.
Line-UP
Miran Noh
piano, composition
Ton Felices –
Double Bass
Auke de Vries
drums
Timothé Lantoine
Trumpet
