“Hauntingly Melodic”
Na’ama is a London based composer originally from Israel. Her work is visually driven and often collaborative with other art forms, with a focus on opera, contemporary dance, staged performances, film and instrumental music. Her music is concerned with intonation, textures, repetition, intimacy and nostalgia, and has been described as ‘free of cliches’ (The Guardian).
Na’ama has been commissioned by and worked with such ensembles and organisations as London Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Aurora Orchestra, CHROMA ensemble, National Opera Studio, Dance UK, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and Israel Contemporary Players. She has held residencies and fellowships with Sound & Music, East London Dance, Britten–Pears, Classical Next fellowship, and LSO Soundhub residency. Her work has been supported by the Arts Council, PRS, and Jerwood Arts and had been performed in venues including South Bank Centre, Kings Place, Barbican, Roundhouse, Sadler’s Wells and LSO St Luke’s, as well as internationally across Europe, America, and Israel.
Between 2015-2019 Na’ama has been doctoral composer-in-residence with the Royal Opera House and Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she composed a newly commissioned opera MAMZER/BASTARD, the first opera to feature and reference Orthodox-Jewish Cantorial music with a role written for a Cantor. Most recently, she scored the first season of BBC Radio 4's new horror audio anthology, LUSUS, which starred Ncuti Gatwa, Alistair Petrie, and Morfydd Clark
B. in 1988, Na’ama grew up in an Orthodox-Jewish community and moved to London in 2010. She studied at the Royal College of Music under Mark Anthony Turnage, where she received the Hurlstone & Cobbet prize for outstanding creative achievement. She holds a doctorate degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.