[5] Zakai gave Lieder Recitals in venues such as the Alice Tully Hall in New York, as well as Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Moskva, St. Peterburg, Brussels, Antwerp, Montreal and Glasgow, where she also made her international opera debut with Scottish Opera alternating performances with Dame Janet Baker as Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

She recorded a recital of Mahler,Webern,Berg songs with the pianist Jonathan Zak—joined for Ravels" Chancones Madecasses" and Handels "Mi Palpita il Core"—by M. Haran, A. Biron and Shalev Ad El.

[citation needed] For her special contribution to Israeli music, Zakai received the Composers and Playwrights association award [ACUM].

In honour of Israel's 50th anniversary she received a special award for her dedication,contribution,inspiration and performance of Israeli contemporary music from the minister of culture and education.

[citation needed] In 1997, Zakai moved into teaching, becoming a professor at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, University of Tel Aviv.