Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod

Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod began her musical education playing cello, piano and clarinet, and is currently serving as a Professor at the prestigious Master's Program for Vocal Contemporary Music and Performance Practice at Graz University. Her teaching "credo" is that Contemporary transcends temporal boundaries; it embodies a mindset and an approach she strives to infuse into every facet of music making, performance, and self development. 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, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Israeli Opera, the Neue Oper Wien