Ben-Tovim played her first television concert live at the Royal Albert Hall, at the age of fourteen.
She left the RLPO to found Atarah's Band in 1975, a group which sought to improve children's experiences with classical music.
Her own television series, Atarah's Music, aimed at primary school children, aired on ITV in 1984,[1] and the following year she presented five episodes of the long-running ITV Schools series Seeing and Doing, teaching children about basic musical theory and the differences between various instruments.
Ben-Tovim was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1980 New Year Honours for services to children's music.
In later years Ben-Tovim resided in France, where she taught and held workshops for budding flautists and clarinettists.