Ora Bat Chaim
Composer
Ora Bat Chaim had a thriving career as a cellist and concert manager before becoming a prolific composer in her late 50s. Bat Chaim began playing cello at age eight and performed in orchestras before becoming the manager of the Zavit Theater in the early 1960s and producer of various musical shows and dramas with Israeli artists. In 1993 Bat Chaim began composing, creating over 400 pieces in just a few years and winning Germany’s prestigious Echo Award. She composed the soundtracks for the Oscar-nominated Beyond Silence and several plays. Many of the pieces in Feidman’s permanent repertoire are Bat Chaim’s compositions.
