Music career Nachum Heiman

heiman worked music teacher , established gevatron choir. composed dozens of songs poet natan yonatan, took young singers , bands under wing in 1960s, , wrote music 122 films , tv shows. late 1960s mid-1980s lived in paris , london, ran record company.he worked singers such nana mouskouri, marie laforêt, serge lama, rika zarai, mike brant, , hanny livne.

in 1999, heiman declared bankruptcy, repaid debts. in 2002, established hebrew song heritage association, non-profit organization devoted israel s musical heritage. devoted time restoring hebrew recordings, , served association s artistic director until retirement in 2011. in 2009 won israel prize in field of hebrew song.

in latter years, twice divorced , separated third wife, heiman suffered ill health , financial hardship. television feature him prompted prime minister benjamin netanyahu , then-culture minister limor livnat employ him consultant project preserve , document hebrew songs. documentary of life, made anat goren, aired in 2015 on israel s yes docu channel.