Kerstin Gandler | ActorCV

I am an artist who works with voice and language, with body and movement. I work at the interface between acting, radio plays and film on the one hand, and teaching and instruction on the other. But the picture is broader than that. While still studying instrumental pedagogy (IGP) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (formerly the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst) and working as a recorder teacher and concert recorder player in two ensembles of my own, I began training as an actress at the Franz Schubert Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. The desire to express myself through not only an instrument but also through my body, voice and language ultimately led me to obtain a second artistic diploma in 1999, after which I started my career as an actress. Initially focusing on theatre, I broadened my skillset through further training in film acting at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, classical singing with Prof. S. Vittucci in Vienna, and radio drama and dubbing masterclasses in Stockholm. This has enabled me to work across a variety of artistic genres and settings. Moving to Stockholm in 2010 marked the beginning of my career in Swedish, as well as my focus on motherhood to be able to raise my son bilingually. The move and freelance life in Sweden also meant having to take on additional roles, such as substitute teaching in preschools as well as working as a language and marketing consultant. I also worked as a barista, which gave me a good opportunity to practise working in two languages. My interest in languages and pedagogy, my continuous, intensive contact with the opera world through exchanges with colleagues, classical singing training and former experience as an assistant director have finally led me to start working as a language coach for opera singers alongside my work as an actress and voice actress in recent years. Addressing phonetic, content-related, didactic and literary issues, and supporting singers in their work with the foreign language to help them make it their own, is stimulating and challenging. As an experienced professional actress who has interpreted literary texts in Swedish and German, I recognize the importance of precise and accurate language work in an artist's toolkit. Only when you 'conquer' a foreign language will you feel confident in your artistic performance and emotional expression. In 2023/24, I took my first steps towards becoming an author by working as a columnist for Swedish Radio (Sveriges Radio). I wrote and recorded several 'Tankar för dagen' episodes, produced by Dmitri Plax. Embedded in the daily radio magazine P1 Morgon, these segments achieved a wide national reach when they were broadcast live, and they are still available as podcasts on SRPlay and various other platforms. [The portrait photos on this website were taken by various photographers, including Josefine Bäckström, Elis Årman and Christoph Stahr]

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Kerstin Gandler

Photos

Videos

2019

En komikers uppväxt

[My life as a comedian]

2019

Kindertransports to Sweden

[VOICE]

Resume

TV / Film

Current

xxrole in an upcoming production for a well-known streaming channel

2024

Ett meddelande till ErnestinaHelenaGambio Film AB // Production support: Stiftelsen Svenska FilminstitutetJonelle Twum

2018

Kindertransports to Swedendocumentary VOICE (mothers)SoBe Film / Best National Documentary at Västerås Film Festival 2019 // Broadcasted on SVT 2020 // 62. Nordische Filmtage Lübeck 2020 // New York Jewish Film Festival 2021 // Cinema Germany 2022Gülseren Sengezer

En komikers uppväxt (My life as a Comedian)Feature Film [World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2019]Thomas mammaAnagram SwedenRojda Sekersöz

2017

Intrigo: Death of an Author Feature FilmVOICEEnderby EntertainmentDaniel Alfredson

2016

Citizen ScheinDocumentary VOICE (Harry Schein's mother) // Göteborg Filmfestival 2017 nominated for the Dragon AwardBreidablickfilmMaud Nycander

2015

Värddjur (working-title)Kungliga Konsthögskolan, StockholmLucia Pagano

2014

Att klättra över bergShortAzizaStockholms FilmskolaBeata Rappe

Ett oväntat avskedShortSofieNils Åsen Janlert

2013

Distans ShortVOICE (Eva)Stockholms FilmskolaH. Rinaldo

Minnet av digShortAnnaKulturama Stockholm // Den Norske Studenfilmfestivalen 2016Nils Åsen Janlert

Scener från ett personalrum// Göteborg Filmfestival 2015Konstfack StockholmLucia v. Horn Pagano

2012

Der Bankraub (Bankrånet)TV-seriesUrsula (ongoing role)Fundamenfilm for UR/SVT SwedenG. Öhman Spjuth

SkuldShortHannahStockholms FilmskolaVincen Larsson

2011

Josefins HimmelKerstinUR SwedenTora Mårtens

SandraShortMamma AnneliKulturama Stockholm // Festival de Cannes, Court-métrage 2012 // Gothenburg International Film Festival 2013 // BUFF Malmö 2013 // Buster Copenhagen 2013David Wramneby

2010

ElliotShortLinaKatrinebergs FolkhögskolaMolly D. Bergström

2005

Suicide TVShortMacromedia Akademie, MünchenK. Schumann

2004

TsunamiFilm VOICE (news anchor)Filmakademie LudwigsburgMatthias Schwelm

2003

MittsommerliebeZDF TysklandOliver Dommenget

1997

VamonosShortLilliFIlmhochschule WienMarie Kreutzer

Theater

Current

since 2018 freelance diction and dialog coach in German for opera singersincluding assignments at the Opera Academy (SKH Opera, Stockholm) and Gothenburg Opera

2023

7. Literaturtage im FlößerhausCooperation with GAV (Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung)Reading of my own writingsThalheim bei Wels, Austria

2006

2007-2009 Readings (live)Buch Wien // ORF RadioKulturhaus // ORF KulturCafe // Altes Rathaus // Kunstforum WienKulturKontakt Vienna

2003

1997-2004 actress and singer actress an singer in several theater productions on stages mainly in Austria and Germany, including Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Teatro Centro Oberhausen, Neue Oper Wien, Weill-Festival Dessau, Ulmer Theater, Südostbayerisches Städtetheater, Landestheater St. Pölten, Konzerthaus Wien, Europäische Wochen Passau, Kleistforum Frankfurt a.d. Oder Germany

2002

Lilian AlbrechtKonzertLilian Albrecht [singer/producer/director]Pia Wikström, Armeemuseum Stockholm

2001

Sven Flott und sein Salonorchester KonzertLilian Albrecht [singer/producer/ director]Scandinavian Music Festival

2000

Hans & GretaOperaDirector's assistantKungliga Operan StockholmWerner Pichler

1998

1992-1999concert performances [with two ensembles of my own: "Voci di Legno" & "Art Recorder"] & teaching activities as recorder player [youngest pupil was 5 years old, the oldest adult] Austria

1997

1997/98 founder & member of the children's theater group "Xanaveders"director/actress/producer

1996

1996-1997 Primusic Artist ManagementOffice assistant

1995

Neue Oper AustriaDirector's assistant

Education

2021

Teateralliansen Dubbing for film and TV with Daniel Sjöberg (Iyuno SDI Studios)Stockholm, Sweden

2019

Högskolan DalarnaPostgraduate university education in German. Including Magister Thesis (2021)Falun, Sweden

2018

Högskolan DalarnaBachelor of Arts. Main Field of Study: German. Including Degree Thesis (2020)Falun, Sweden

2012

KulturKraft Stockholm & Teateralliansen"Osynligt för ögat" - course for actors in radio theater production; Ludvig JosephsonStockholm, Sweden

2004

Masterclass Camera ActingFilmakademie B.-WürttembergChristian Wagner, Ulrich Matthes, Nina Grosse a.o.

2003

Mallorca Film Academy [nu: MFA München]Camera Acting [Lou Binder]Palma, Spain

1996

Prof. S. Vittucciclassical vocal training (1997-2009)Vienna, Austria

1995

Franz Schubert Conservatory of Music and Performing Arts ViennaActing Diploma 1999 [corresponds to a Swedish Bachelor of Arts degree in theater, 3 years]Vienna, Austria

1991

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw) [då: Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Wien]Instrumental pedagogy [IGP]; 4 years + 1 year postgraduade studies; Diploma 1996Vienna, Austria

Voice

2024

2005 - 2025 Voice-Over/Voice e-learning, radio/internet commercials, corporate film, narrator, telephone systems etc. diverse olika, bl. a. Studio Smile, Stockholm

2023

Tankar för dagen [4 episodes]Radio / Podcast / SRPlaySveriges RadioVoice & text: Kerstin Gandler, producer: Dmitri Plax

2022

Tankar för dagen [8 episodes]Radio / Podcast / SRPlaySveriges RadioVoice & text: Kerstin Gandler, producer: Dmitri Plax

Iyuno SDI Studios dubbingRobin Rönnbäck

2021

Kiln Short audio story, written by John Ajvide Lindqvist Prime Weber Shandwick & Visit Sweden [Campaign: Spellbound by Sweden - the campaign won a silver lion in the radio & audio-category at the Cannes Lions 2023][here: link to the German version of the short story]Play voice sample

2011-2022 audiobooks Language Learning Textbooks & POLYLINOILT Education ABCut out of: Ab ins Bett kleiner Bär [Verlagshaus Jacoby+Stuart - ILT für Polylino]Play voice sample

Eurotrolldubbing SVT

2019

Sich weigernpoemby Johann KleemayrPlay voice sample

Während du hinausgerufen wurdestpoem by Johann KleemayrPlay voice sample

Skräckdopningen i ÖsttysklandP3 dokumentärCatherine Menschner (swedish voice)Sveriges Radioby: Martin Hedberg, prod.: Jan Jordås

2018

De Anonyma Dokumentärt radiodrama, P1 Specialprogram (role: young woman)Sveriges RadioprogramBengt BokPlay voice sample

Niemand Finalist / radio drama competition - Track 5' (self-production)Ö1/ORFdir. : Magnus BergPlay voice sample

2017

Anne's Letter (voice: Anne)PilotfilmUniarts StockholmIsmene DeskarolisPlay voice sample

2016

Eurotrolldubbing

2015

Eurotrolldubbing

2014

Mänskliga nyheterradio satire (13 episodes, ongoing role: Kersti)Radioteatern, Sveriges RadioMagnus Berg, Emelie Rosenqvist, Magnus LindmanPlay voice sample

2013

Det sade bara klickRadio-drama [role: Drottning Silvia of Sweden]Radioteatern - Sveriges RadioMagnus Berg

2012

Geistergeschichten; several episodesVoice-Over / narratorUR SwedenAngelika IsraelssonPlay voice sample

2001

Love Me Song for the tv-film "Hund und Katz"ZDFDieter Berner

Commercial

2013

Trailer Marinemuseum KarlskronaVelourfilm StockholmHobi Jarne

2006

Hausverstand [Billa]TV (ORF)Andreas "Titus Twister" Gust

2002

Ja! Natürlich! [Billa]TV (ORF)

Kerstin Gandler

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