Nooa Hilli (b. 2009) began playing the piano at the age of 5 and regular piano lessons at the age of 7 with Natalia Murzina. Since 2019 Nooa has studied piano at the Oulu Conservatory with Sara Larikka.
Nooa has been Antti Hotti's student several times in master classes and received private lessons from Jani Aarrevaara. In the spring of 2023, Nooa was awarded a scholarship from the Youth Piano Academy, where he started in 2024 as a full-time student.
Nooa played as a soloist in the youth symphony orchestra Oulu Festivo's concert of young soloists in the fall of 2024 in Madetoja hall. Nooa has performed at the Youth Chopin event in Helsinki in 2024 and 2022. Nooa participated in the Madetoja piano competition in 2022. He has also performed e.g in student concerts of Oulu Conservatoire and Valkoinen Flyygeli Music School and at the events of the Youth Piano Academy.