Songwriter. Artist. Storyteller. Ted Ganger was born in Cleveland, Ohio and studied piano and conducting at the Julliard School in New York before going to Germany on a Fulbright Grant. He worked as a conductor and coach in the opera houses of Frankfurt, Mannheim and Darmstadt among others, conducting over 40 operas, operettas and musicals. As a piano soloist, chamber musician and Lied partner he has performed in the US, Europe, South America, Australia, Southeast Asia and East Africa.
Ted wrote his first song in 2009; about a year later, he wrote a second one. In 2011 he recorded the first twelve songs on the CD “Late Early Songs.” It was followed by the albums “Feeling My Way,” “Notes from My Underground,” “Inside and Out,” “Complicated Heart,” “Turning the Pages,” “On the Edge,” and “Blind Swimmer.”
Ted’s first performance at The Melon Ball will feature his original songs.