Nataša Nahtigal

natasa_nahtigalNataša is a doctor of medicine, who decided to dedicate her life to music and became a singing teacher. She was the first singing teacher in Slovenia with the licence to teach Speech Level Singing technique. She educated herself in London, New York in Los Angeles, where she actually spend 3 months in the studio of Seth Riggs, the Founder of Speech Level Singing technique. She started teaching singing in 2005 in School of performing Arts in Ljubljana and in 2007 she opened her own vocal studio. Since then, she has been working with various Slovenian, Croatian, Austrian and German artists and has taught plenty of Europe’s talent ranging from rock stars, pop stars, actors, speakers, Euro Vision contestants and celebrities.

In 2012 she became a Member of The Voice Foundation.
Same year Nataša was invited to become a VIP Certified instructor.
She constantly educates herself in all aspects of the voice and tries to combine music with medicine, she also cooperates with ENT doctors helping to heal people that suffer from vocal problems.

Education
Doctor of Medicine, Medical Faculty of Ljubljana , Ljubljana, Slovenia

Experience and Background
1998 – 2003: Singing lessons with opera singer Rusmir Ređžić
2004 – 2006: Teaching singing and performance at the School of Performing Arts Bast
2004 – Summer School for musical theatre – Mountview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts in London, UK
2005 – Singing workshops in New York, USA ( Badiene Magaziner Voice Studio, performing workshop with coach Marc Lewis )
2005 – Speech Level Singing workshop in Graz with Dean Kaelin
2005 – Speech Level Singing workshop in Vienna with Dean Kaelin
2005 – Vocal coaching in different Slovenian studios (Žare Pak, Matej Grginič, Borut Antončič, Studio Artman Pro, Tomaž Trop)
2006 – Speech Level Singing workshop in Graz with Wendy Parr
2007 – Seth Riggs Studio, Hollywood (observation of singing lessons)
2007 – Became Certified SLS teacher Level 1
2007 – Speech Level Singing Teachers Conference in Hollywood, LA
2008 – Speech Level Singing Teachers Conference in Hollywood, LA
2008 – Speech Level Singing Workshop in London with Greg Enriquez
2008 – Speech Level Singing Workshop in Ireland with Jeffrey Skouson
2009 – Speech Level Singing Workshop in London with John Henny
2009 – Speech Level Singing Workshop in Slovenia and Graz with Kathy Kennedy
2009 – Speech Level Singing Summer Camp, LA
2009 – Teaching voice in France in Marseille and Tulon
2009 – Speech Level Singing Workshop in Ljubljana and Graz with Dean Kaelin
2010 – Level 2 Speech Level Singing teacher
2010 – Working in studio in Arizona, USA
2012 – Member of The Voice Foundation
2012 – VIP Certified Instructor

Dance Experience
1987 – 1990: School for dancing Kazina
2002 – 2006: School of Performing Arts Bast (hip hop. jazz)
2004 – Mountview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts (summer course of theatre dance)
2005 – Broadway Dance Center, New York (hip hop, jazz, theatre dance)
2007 – Edge Dance Center, Hollywood: (hip hop, jazz funk)

Performing Experience
2001 – Musical “Life Is a Game, Music and Dance” (side role), Društvo Narobe Svet, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 – Musical “Nightmare Before Christmas” (lead role), School of Performing Arts Bast, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 – Bast Street Show (dancer and lead singer), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 – Musical Theater Showcase Performance, Montview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts, London, UK
2005 – Student Arene 2005, 2006
2006 – Creative Zone 2006, The first summer day,…

Event organization
2004 -2006: School of Performing Arts Bast, Slovenia (organization of the various singing and dance performances for yearly productions, participation in designing and organizing Singing-dance project ‘’Creating a Star’’ for schools in Ljubljana, creating a musical show ‘Bast story’ together with choreographer Lucy Velkavrh, 2005 creating a small Christmas show for Slovenian national TV show called TLP
2006 – Organization of Open Stage evening for young singers, dancers and stand-up comedian in the club KMŠ
2007 – Assistance in the organization of Speech Level Singing Teachers Conference in Hollywood, LA
2007 – Organization Open Mic nights in the Discotheque GLOBAL
2009, 2010 – Organizing Speech Level Singing Workshop with Kathy Kennedy, Dean Kaelin and Greg Enriquez in Slovenia.

Nataša Nahtigal

Zdravnica, ki se je odločila svoje življenje posvetiti glasbi in postala učiteljica petja, Nataša Nahtigal, je bila prva učiteljica petja v Sloveniji z licenco za poučevanje Speech Level Singing pevske tehnike. Izobraževala se je v Londonu, New Yorku in Los Angelesu, kjer se je 3 mesece učila prav v studiu začetnika Speech Level Singing tehnike Seth Riggsa.
Petje je začela poučevati leta 2005 v Šoli za nastopanje Bast v Ljubljani, leta 2007 pa je odprla svoj pevski studio. Od takrat dalje poučuje različne pevce iz Slovenije, Avstrije, Hrvaške in Nemčije. Med njenimi učenci najdemo kar nekaj slovenskih zvezdnikov, od pop, rock in muzikal pevcev, igralcev, govornikov in Evrovizijskih tekmovalcev.
Leta 2012 je bila povabljena med VIP licencirane učitelje petja. VIP (Vocology in Practice) učitelji, so izbrani učitelji solo petja s celega sveta. Vsako leto morajo dosegati visoke standarde poučevanja petja, se neprestano izobraževati na področju petja ter novih raziskav o delovanju glasilk med petjem in slediti razvoju današnje glasbene industrije. Hkrati so zelo svobodni v ustvarjanju in ambiciozni pri odkrivanju in pridobivanju novih izkušenj od svojih učiteljev in učencev.Nataša se stalno izobražuje na področju poučevanja petja ter novostih v medicini in zdravljenju glasu. Sodeluje tudi z zdravniki foniatri in pomaga pri zdravljenju ljudi, ki trpijo zaradi problemov z glasom.

Izobrazba
Zdravnica, Medicinska fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenija

Šolanje za petje in poučevanje petja
1998 – 2003: Pevske vaje z opernim pevcem Rusmirjem Ređžićem
2004 – 2006: Poučevanje petja in nastopanja v Šoli za nastopanje Bast v Ljubljani, Slovenija
2004: Poletna šola za muzikle – Mountview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts v Londonu, UK
2005: Pevske delavnice v New Yorku, USA ( Badiene Magaziner Voice Studio, Delavnice za nastopanje z MarcomLewisom)
2005: Speech Level Singing delavnice v Gradcu in na Dunaju z Deanom Kaelinom
2005: Pomoč pri snemanju vokalov v snemalnih studijih (Žare Pak, Matej Grginič, Borut Antončič, Studio Artman Pro, Tomaž Trop)
2006: Speech Level Singing delavnica v Gradcu z Wendy Parr
2007: Seth Riggs Studio, Hollywood (opazovanje pevskih vaj)
2007: Postala Level 1 Speech Level Singing Inštruktor Petja
2007, 2008: Speech Level Singing Konferenca za učitelje petja v Hollywoodu, LA
2008: Speech Level Singing Delavnice v Londonu z Gregom Enriquezom
2008: Speech Level Singing Delavnice na Irskem z Jeffreyem Skousonom
2009: Speech Level Singing Delavnice v Londonu z Johnom Hennyjem
2009: Speech Level Singing Delavnice v Sloveniji in Avstriji z Kathy Kennedy
2009: Speech Level Singing Poletni Kemp, Los Angeles
2009: Poučevanje petja v Franciji v studiu v Marseillu in Tulonu
2009: Speech Level Singing Delavnice v Ljubljani in Gradcu z Deanom Kaelinom
2010: Postala Level 2 Speech Level Singing Inštruktor Petja
2010: Poučevanje petja v Pevskem Studiu v Arizoni, USA
2010: Ustanovitev Vocalbridge Studia za pevce v Domžalah
2012: Članica The Voice Foundation
2012: VIP Licenciran Inštruktor Petja
2012: Učiteljica petja za slovenski X Factor

Plesne izkušnje
1987 – 1990: Plesna Šola Kazina
2002 – 2006: Šola za nastopanje Bast (hip hop, jazz)
2004: Mountview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts (poletni kemp za muzikal)
2005: Broadway Dance Center, New York (hip hop, jazz, theatre dance)
2007: Edge Dance Center, Hollywood: (hip hop, jazz funk)

Izkušnje z nastopanjem
2001: Muzikal “Življenje je igra, glasba in ples” (stranska vloga), Društvo Narobe Svet, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2003: Muzikal “Predbožična mora” (glavna vloga), Šola za nastopanje Bast, Ljubljana, Slovenija
2004: Bast Street Show (plesno-pevski šov), Ljubljana, Slovenija
2004: Musical Theater Showcase Performance, Montview Academy of Musical Theatre Arts, London, UK
2005: Študentska Arena 2005, 2006
2006: Kreativna Cona 2006, Prvi poletni dan,…

Organizacija dogodkov
2004 -2006: Šola za nastopanje Bast, Slovenija (sodelovanje pri organizaciji raznih pevsko plesnih nastopov ter pri polletnih in zaključnih produkcijah Šole za nastopanje Bast, sodelovanje pri vsebinski zasnovi in organizacijski izvedbi pevsko-plesnega projekta ‘Ustvarjamo zvezde’ v okviru kulturnih dni, ki jih Bast organizira po ljubljanskih osnovnih šolah, v sodelovanju s koreografinjo in plesalko Lucijo Velkavrh, soustvarjalka kratkega plesno-pevskega spektakla z naslovom ‘Bast story’, soustvarjalka pevsko-plesnega božičnega showa 2005 za slovensko nacionalno oddajo: Tistega lepega popoldneva (TLP)
2006: Organizacija Open stage večera za mlade pevce, plesalce in stand-up komike v KMŠ klubu
2007: Pomoč pri organizaciji Speech Level Singing Teachers Conference 2007 v Hollywoodu, LA
2007: Organizacija Open Mic večerov v diskoteki Global v Ljubljani
2009, 2010: Organizacija Speech Level Singing delavnic z Kathy Kennedy, Deanom Kaelinom in Gregom Enriquezom v Sloveniji