CHAIM, Ora Bat

Ora Bat Chaim (1935–2022) was an Israeli composer, cellist, concert organizer and manager whose work became closely associated with the revival and international dissemination of klezmer music. Before turning seriously to composition, she worked as a cellist and in concert management. She began composing intensively relatively late in life, around the age of fifty-eight, and eventually created a catalogue of more than 400 works. radiosefarad.com
Bat Chaim was the wife and long-time artistic collaborator of clarinetist Giora Feidman. She became his manager in the 1970s and wrote numerous works that entered his concert and recording repertoire. Her music draws on Jewish musical traditions, spirituality and mysticism, while also incorporating contemporary concert idioms. Among her works are On Mount Sinai, In the Joyful Light, Devotion (D'vekut), Ascending, The Voice of Compassion, Cantos, Cantos, Mamme Loshn and Love for Life. Apple Music Classical - Web Player
Her compositions were performed and recorded by Feidman and other musicians and ensembles, helping bring Jewish and klezmer-inspired concert music to international audiences. Bat Chaim also appeared as a performer and poet on the album Soul Meditation: Harmony of Song. She died in February 2022 at the age of eighty-six.