The benefits of studying voice at Fresno State

From time to time on this blog, we will be mentioning various benefits of studying voice at Fresno State. Today's blog is about our wonderful staff accompanist Hatem Nadim. Mr. Nadim is known across the world for his performing and coaching. His biography is below. What every prospective student should know is that each voice student receives coaching from Mr. Nadim at no extra charge. We offer unheard of access for undergraduates to our faculty and staff; weekly one-on-one voice lessons with voice faculty and bi-weekly coachings with Mr. Nadim. Match this kind of attention with other schools you may be considering. Is your potential voice teacher full-time at these other schools? Do you get free coachings from a top vocal coach? Here is Mr. Nadim's bio.

Mr Nadim was born in Cairo (Egypt). At the age of ten he visited the Cairo Conservatoire, where he studied solo piano with R. Yassa, V. Fedorovtzew and V. Samaliotow and graduated with honors. Later, as a music scholarship winner at the University at Frankfurt (Germany), he continued his post-graduate studies in chamber music and vocal accompaniment, with Professors Joachim Volkmann and Rainer Hoffmann, where he earned his degree.

From 1989 to 1996 he held the position of faculty member at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz teaching solo piano. In 1989 he accepted the coveted position as faculty member at the University of Music in Mannheim, where his responsibilities included those of collaborative pianist, chamber music coach and piano accompaniment teacher. In September 2006, Mr. Nadim was appointed staff accompanist at California State University in Fresno.

Hatem Nadim has performed extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Korea and the Middle East. He has performed chamber music with some of the most renowned performing artists including Leslie Parnas, Arto Noras, Michael Flaksman, Susanne Rabenschlag, Jean-Michel Tanguy, Michael Hasel, the Verdi Quartet, Herrmann Voss and Helene Joseph-Weil.

Mr. Nadim has several recordings, the latest of which is a complete collection of the Mozart Violin Sonatas and Variations with the German violinist, Susanne Rabenschlag for Avi-Music and Deutschland Radio.

At the end of 2008 he will start recording the complete Violin Sonatas of Beethoven and the German Romantiks (Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn) also with Susanne Rabenschlag.

So there you have it. Mr. Hatem Nadim!

A reminder that this week Dr. Michelle Latour from Bluffton University will be at Fresno State.

Thursday March 5th at 12:30 p.m. Dr. Michelle Latour and Prof. Felix Olfschofka a Violin/Voice Duo will be performing in recital. This will take place in the Concert Hall.

Then in Wahlberg Recital Hall between 1:35 - 3:00 p.m. Dr. Latour will give a master class sharing ideas and techniques she uses from her studies with OperaWorks. The students of all three Fresno State voice studios will take part.

Hope to see you there!