Dr. Natalia Nikulina / Russia

In 1997 she graduated with honors from Moscow State University of Culture of the Russian Federation in the "Art of Vocal". She has 20 years of experience in this specialty. In 2008 she completed postgraduate studies and she defended her doctoral thesis "Forming professional orientation of the student-musician as a psychological and pedagogical problem". She became a doctor of educational sciences. She has won international competitions and festivals. Dr. Natalia Nikulina is a professor of singing in the Choral Arts Academy of Viktor Popov in Moscow. She works also as a teacher of solo singing and vocal ensembles in the Moscow College of Music of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin. Her wide methodical activities include consultation and artist master classes, review papers, speeches and lectures and the methodological lessons during the open methodical seminars. She partecipates actively in many educational and scientific-pedagogical conferences held in Russia and abroad. She was a jury member of numerous vocal competitions. Natalia Nikulina is the author of numerous articles and teaching aids. A lot of her students won regional and international vocal competitions. Thanks to a huge contribution for the continuation and development of education in the field of arts and culture she has often received honorable mentions and official thanks from the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Government of the Moscow Oblast, Krasnoyarsk country, the Department of Culture of the District of Briansk, the District of Tumensk and others. For her archievements in vocal education she was entered into Russian Enciclopedia "The Best People of Russia".