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'''Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod''' (born May 25, 1987) is an American-Israeli operatic [[soprano]] who made an international career.
== Life and career ==
Akselrod was born in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name="Zadek">{{Cite web|url=http://zadek-competition.jimdofree.com/the-voice-competition/the-competition-2013/|title=8th International Hilde Zadek|website=zadek-competition|access-date=May 31, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401141940/https://zadek-competition.jimdofree.com/the-voice-competition/the-competition-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> She studied at the [[Buchmann-Mehta School of Music]] in [[Israel]] and at the [[Brooklyn Conservatory of Music]] in New York City.
She appeared in the U.S. at the Opera Moderne in New York City and the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado. She won the 2009 Buchman-Mehta singing competition in Tel Aviv.<ref name="Karlsruhe">[http://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ensemble/id/2855/ Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921143507/https://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ensemble/id/2855/ |date=September 21, 2024 }} [[Staatstheater Karlsruhe]], retrieved February 11, 2021.</ref> She appeared at [[Carnegie Hall]] first in 2010. She made her debut in Europe at the 2011 [[Aix-en-Provence Festival]]. She performed at the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] in 2012. In 2013, she won the {{ill|Internationaler Hilde-Zadek-Gesangswettbewerb|de}}, leading to her engagement at the Junges Ensemble of the [[Theater an der Wien]] for two years.<ref name="Stuttgart">[https://www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de/haus/ensemble/gan-ya-ben-gur-akselrod/ Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod – Sopran] [[Staatsoper Stuttgart]], 2018; retrieved February 11, 2021.</ref>
Her roles first included Belinda in Purcell's ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', the First Boy in Mozart's ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'',  Despina in ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', and Barbarina in ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'',<ref>[https://www.theater-wien.at/de/programm/production/121/Le-nozze-di-Figaro/ec118/Besetzung/team157_1647/Barbarina ''Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod: Barbarina.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103140952/https://www.theater-wien.at/de/programm/production/121/Le-nozze-di-Figaro/ec118/Besetzung/team157_1647/Barbarina |date=January 3, 2022 }} In: ''Le nozze di Figaro – Besetzung.'' Vereinigte Bühnen Wien</ref> She performed the roles of Micaëla in Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]'', the title role in ''[[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]]'' and Marfa in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's ''[[The Tsar's Bride (opera)|The Tsar's Bride]]''. At the Opera Moderne she appeared as the Bubikopf in Victor Ullmann's ''[[Der Kaiser von Atlantis]]''. She performed at the [[Wiener Kammeroper]], the second house of the Theater an der Wien, as Tamiri in Leonardo Vinci ''[[Semiramide riconosciuta|Semiramide]]''. She appeared as Clorinde in Rossini's ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' at the [[Oldenburgisches Staatstheater]],<ref name="Stuttgart" /> followed by Servilia in Mozart's ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]'', and a solo recital.
== Awards and competitions ==
Akselrod won prizes at competitions in the U.S., Turkey, Israel and Austria:
* 2021 [[Lotte Lenya|Lotte Lenya Competition]], New York City, third prize <ref>[https://www.kwf.org/news/announcing-the-winners-of-the-23rd-annual-lotte-lenya-competition-finals-available-on-demand-via-operavision-beginning-september-10/ Winners of the 23rd Annual Lotte Lenya Competition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401142539/https://www.kwf.org/news/announcing-the-winners-of-the-23rd-annual-lotte-lenya-competition-finals-available-on-demand-via-operavision-beginning-september-10/ |date=April 1, 2023 }}, August 2021.</ref>
* 2020 Kurt Weill Foundation of Music, New York City, Trustees' Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kwf.org/lotte-lenya-competition/previous-competitions/winners/|title=Winners' Gallery|website=The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music|access-date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401142540/https://www.kwf.org/lotte-lenya-competition/previous-competitions/winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019 Global Music Awards, California, Silver Medalist<ref>[http://www.globalmusicawards.com/Winners-Mar-2019.html Global Music Awards Silver Medalist for ''The Hoard''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401034716/https://www.globalmusicawards.com/Winners-Mar-2019.html |date=April 1, 2023 }} 2019</ref>
* 2018 Lotte-Lenya-Wettbewerb, Lys-Simonette-Preis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kwf.org/lotte-lenya-competition/previous-competitions/|title=Previous Competitions|website=The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music|access-date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401142537/https://www.kwf.org/lotte-lenya-competition/previous-competitions/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* 2015 International competition of the Güzin Gürel Arts & Science Foundation, Istanbul, second prize<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/sggurelvakfiINT/posts/the-third-international-voice-competition-closed-with-the-gala-concert-where-the/1572400713025810/ 3. Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb der Güzin Gürel Arts & Science Foundation 2015]''</ref>
* 2013 Internationaler Hilde-Zadek-Gesangswettbewerb, Vienna, first prize<ref name="Zadek" />
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* Sonderpreis [[Neue Oper Wien]] beim [[Internationaler Hilde-Zadek-Gesangswettbewerb|Internationalen Hilde-Zadek-Gesangswettbewerb]], Wien, 2013-->
* 2009 Buchman-Mehta singing competition, Tel Aviv, first prize.<ref name="Karlsruhe" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|https://www.gan-ya.com}}
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* [http://www.theater-wien.at/index.php/de/gan-ya_ben-gur Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod] [[Theater an der Wien]]
* [https://archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at/biografie/artistid/14266 Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod] [[Salzburg Festival]]
* [https://www.worldofhanszimmer.com/portfolio/gan-ya-ben-gur-akselrod/ Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod] World of Hans Zimmer
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[[Category:American operatic sopranos]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American people of Israeli descent]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]]