Also known as: Jonathan Bar Giora, Yonatan Bar-Giora, Yonatan Bar Giora, Yontan Bar Giora, Yontan Bar-Giora
Biography
Jonathan Bar Giora (born July 8, 1962) is an Israeli composer and pianist. Since 2000, Bar Giora has composed over 150 Israeli films, such as Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi, Time of Favor, Queen Shoshana, You only Die Twice and more. He also worked as a composer, arranger and producer with Israeli performers such as Yossi Banai, Miri Mesika, Shalom Chanoch, Meir Banai, Rita, Riki Gal and many others. Between 2011-2015 Bar Giora served as the head of the soundtrack department at the Sapir Academic College, where we continues to teach as a senior lecturer. He also lectures at Beit Berl's film school and at the Maaleh School of Film and Television. At age 16, Bar Giora started playing Jazz in local clubs. All through the 1980s he played jazz and wrote music-related articles for the local press. In 1990 he staged a one man show "I'd be delighted to meet you after the plague", which he wrote, composed and performed (Director: Shlomo Vazana). A secondary character in that show, Michel Clayderlast, ...
