Nomher Nival is a First Prize winner of the 2007 National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA), Male, Category A and the 2015 Jovita Fuentes Vocal Competition (Male Category). He was also the recipient of the Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Steyer Encouragement Award at the prestigious Marcello Giordani Foundation International Vocal Competition 2013 in Vero Beach, Florida.
His major roles include Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (2019) at the Sta. Cecilia Hall, St. Scholastica Manila, Crisostomo Ibarra in Felipe Padilla-De Leon’s Noli me Tangere (2017 & 2019) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Alfredo in Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata (2017) at the Ayala Musuem and Rinuccio in Giacomo Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi (2017) at the PowerMac Spotlight.
He also sang Obadiah in Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah (2014) at St. Cecilia’s Hall in Sta. Isabel College and the Tenor Soloist in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2011) and The Theatre at Solaire (2018).
His other roles include Normanno (2020) from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lamermoor, Dancairo (2012) and Remendado (2013) from Bizet’s Carmen, Padre Salvi (2014) from Felipe Padilla-DeLeon’s Noli Me Tangere and Dr. Blind (2008) from Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus.
Nival was part of the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan and had the privilege to sing under the baton of Metropolitan Opera House conductor, Fabio Luisi. He also worked with Roberto Servile, baritone and Marlis Petersen, soprano back in 2012. He was again chosen to be part of the Festival in 2015 where he worked under Gabriella Tucci.
Nival is also a member of the Viva Voce Voice Lab under the direction of soprano, Camille Lopez-Molina.
Nival is a graduate of the University of Sto. Tomas, Conservatory of Music, Bachelor in Voice Performance under the tutelage of Randy Gilongo and later studied under International Filipino-American Tenor, Arthur Espiritu.
In 2015, he was part of a Voice Masterclass conducted by Nelly Miricioiu, an International Soprano and distinguished voice teacher of the Jette Parker Young Artist Program of The Royal Opera House, National Opera Studio-London & Mediterranean Opera Studio-Italy.m. He was then chosen by Miricioiu to study under her as one of her scholars. Nival is currently under the guidance of Nelly Miricioiu.
