Nachum Heiman was an Israeli composer and musician.
12 Facts About Nachum Heiman
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Nachum Heiman was born in Riga, Latvia in 1934 to a musical family that immigrated to Mandatory Palestine when he was five years old.
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Nachum Heiman was hospitalized for three and a half years in an iron lung until he recovered.
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Nachum Heiman worked with Shalem as a shepherd and studied with him and his colleagues.
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Under the influence of Gurit Kadman, one of the pioneers of Israeli folk dance, Heiman began to work as an accordionist for folk-dancing events.
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Nachum Heiman fought in three wars and was wounded in all of them.
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Nachum Heiman died in Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba on August 17,2016, of a severe infection following prolonged ill health.
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Nachum Heiman worked as a music teacher and established the Gevatron choir.
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Nachum Heiman composed dozens of songs for the poet Natan Yonatan, took young singers and bands under his wing in the 1960s, and wrote music for 122 films and TV shows.
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Nachum Heiman worked with artists such as Nana Mouskouri, Marie Laforet, Serge Lama, Rika Zarai, Mike Brant, Carlos Miranda, Luis Jardim, Geoff Downes and Hanny Livne.
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In 1999, Nachum Heiman declared bankruptcy, but eventually repaid all his debts.
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Nachum Heiman devoted his time to restoring early Hebrew recordings, and served as the association's artistic director until his retirement in 2011.