Prof. Natalia Farhi

  • Born in Berlin, raised in Berlin, Bulgaria, Vienna, and England
  • Initial vocal training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London with Sarah Pring
  • Studies in political science at Florence University (Italy); vocal training at the Conservatorio ‘Luigi Cherubini,’ Florence, with Walter Alberti
  • Vocal training at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with KS Prof. Carola Nossek; lieder class of Prof. Wolfram Rieger; Diplom degree in concert vocal performance (2008) and vocal pedagogy (2009)
  • Freelance activity as a concert singer
  • 2016-2022 : instructor of vocal diction and phonetics as well as Italian language at the Rostock University of Music and Drama
  • Since 2016: instructor for vocal diction at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin for the languages German, Italian, French, English, and Russian with a particular emphasis on comparative vocal diction & phonetics
  • Since 2018: guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, with support from the Berliner Chancengleichheitsprogramm (Berlin equal opportunity programme)
  • Diction coach for various choirs and vocal ensembles as well as internationally active soloists
  • Diction coaching and support for various CD-recordings
  • Courses and masterclasses in Germany and abroad