Julia Nafisi

MMusStud-Pedagogy (SCM), Opera Stage Dip (Vienna)

Biography

Julia began her voice studies in her hometown Munich/Germany under KS Friedrich Lenz and continued her studies in Vienna/Austria with Prof. KS Hilde Rössel-Majdan and Prof. KS Walter Berry, finishing with the Bühnenreifeprüfung (Final Stage Examination) in Opera.

She has appeared in Opera, Oratorio and Recitals across Europe: e.g. as Alto-Soloist in Bach’s Passions in Austria and Italy, at the Salzburg Festival with the Early Music Ensemble Il Diletto Moderno and with the Vienna State Opera Choir under Sir Georg Solti. She has toured Israel with the Concentus Vocalis and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and has appeared in many concerts and recitals in Australia, e.g. in the Mozart on the Mountain concert series and with associate artist Jochen Schubert (guitar) in Federation Square’s BMW-Edge.

Julia has cooperated for many years with renowned Viennese Prof. Ellen Müller-Preis in her pioneering breathing, posture and movement classes. She has taught voice at one of Vienna’s leading Performing Arts Schools and has given many master-classes in Europe and Australia with a special focus on German Lieder.

Julia is committee member of the Lieder Society of Victoria, was a panel speaker at the 2001 ANATS breathing forum and presented a paper at the 2006 ANATS conference in Canberra. She holds a MMusStud in Vocal Pedagogy from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and is a PhD candidate at Monash University investigating certain aspects of the relationship between gesture/movement and the singing voice. Julia teaches voice at the University of Melbourne Conservatorium, Monash University and Mac Robertson Girls’ High School.