Bettina Ezbidi (cello) began her cello studies in San Francisco, graduating from the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinatti, Ohio. She played in Roanoake Symphony Orchestra, Virginia, from 1990 to 1995. Bettina came to live in Palestine in 1995 and taught cello at Nablus University for eight years. She has been a full time teacher at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music since 2004 and has performed in Palestine as a soloist and as a member of many ensembles and chamber groups.