Ghalip Ekber, Tenor

Ghalip Ekber is a tenor from Ghulja, China. He is opera training at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute under the guidance of Dr. Marilyn Taylor. He earned his Master of Music degree in 2025 from the Central Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Professor Dilbèr Yunus. During the 2023–2024 academic year, he furthered his studies with Professor Katherine Ciesinski at the Eastman School of Music. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the Central Conservatory of Music.

Ghalip’s operatic roles includes Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Central Conservatory of Music), Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas (Eastman School of Music), and Oronte in Alcina (Chautauqua Opera Conservatory). He has also covered roles such as the Officer in Ariadne auf Naxos and Le Chevalier in Dialogues des Carmélites at the Eastman School of Music.

Ghalip originally trained as a violinist under the influence of his mother, a professional violinist, Ghalip discovered his passion for singing in high school and has pursued vocal performance ever since. He received an Honorable Mention at the 23rd FEO Voice Competition in 2024. In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Huang Zi Award at the 3rd Chinese Art Song International Singing Competition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. The summer of 2024 he joined the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory. He was selected as an Apprentice Artist in the Vocal Young Artist Training Program of China during the 4th Shenzhen Vocal Music Season in 2022.

In concerts, Ghalip has appeared with the Niagara Opera Company in A Night at the Opera (2024), and has performed as tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae solennes de confessore, Pergolesi’s Magnificat, and Bach’s Cantata BWV 77: Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben. He was also featured in the China International Vocal Music Art Week Concert.