Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod

Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod began her musical education playing cello, piano and clarinet. After winning the 1st prize at the Hilde Zadek Competition in Vienna she was invited to join the Young Ensemble of Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. Since then, Gan-ya has performed with the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Israeli Opera, the Neue Oper Wien, Staatsoper Oldenburg, Glyndebourne Festival in England, Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, Grafenegg Festival in Austria, Ravinia Festival in the US, Carnegie Hall in NYC, Musikverein in Vienna and more. Since 2018 Gan-ya is also singing the Soprano solo part in the Symphonic tour of the known film composer Hans Zimmer and have performed for more than 80 concerts in