Ben-Dor is a Uruguay-born international conductor who immigrated to Israel in 1973. She graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and continued her studies in the United States at Yale University School of Music. She made her debut after completing her studies conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in a concert recorded by the BBC in London and broadcast throughout Europe. She currently lives in the United States and performs as a guest conductor with orchestras around the world with a repertoire of classical, 20th-, and 21st-century music, as well as with South American classical music. Ben-Dor plays a crucial role in reviving and promoting South American music, which she performs with orchestras in concerts, festivals, and recordings.