Anna El-Khashem is a Russian-Lebanese soprano born in 1996 in St. Petersburg, where she was admitted to the State Conservatory at age 17 and completed her studies there by 2019, while also participating in the opera studio of the Bavarian State Opera from 2016 to 2019. She made her international debut at the Bregenz Festival in July 2016 performing in Weber’s Jubelmesse.

El-Khashem was named ‘Young Artist of the Year’ by Opernwelt magazine in 2018 and won first prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg the same year (including a special award for best interpretation of a Mozart vocal work), followed by first prize at the International New Voices Singing Competition in 2019. She has appeared at major houses including the Paris Opera, Zurich Opera House, Dutch National Opera, and the Salzburg Festival, working with conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Gustavo Dudamel, and Teodor Currentzis.