Silvi Vrait
Silvi Vrait | |
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music teacher | |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
Years active | 1972–2013 |
Silvi Vrait (28 April 1951 – 28 June 2013) was an Estonian singer and music teacher.[1]
Biography
Vrait was born in Kehra in 1951 to Einar "Edward" Wright, a Minnesota-born American of Finnish ancestry and his Estonian wife Senta (née Schönberg).[2] She had a half-sister, Pille, five years her senior.[2]
Vrait graduated from the Kehra Music School in 1968 on piano. In 1974 she graduated from the
Stage career
Silvi Vrait first appeared on stage in 1972 when she performed in a TV show. She was a member of several pop and rock musical ensembles, including Viker 5, Suuk, Initsiaal and in 1975, she joined the popular band Fix. From 1976 to 1983 she was active in theatre Vanemuine in Tartu. Her style varies from jazz to country and from rock to folk. In the late 1980s, she was an important figure within the Estonian armless struggle for restoring the independence, the Singing Revolution, for at least two recordings, "Väikene rahvas, väikene maa" ("Small Nation, Tiny Country") and "Ei ole üksi ükski maa" ("No Land Is Alone").[1]
She appeared in
In 1994, Vrait was the representative of Estonia at the
Death
In 2013 Vrait was hospitalized with a brain tumour and died on 28 June 2013, aged 62. She was buried at Tallinn's Forest Cemetery.[2] Vrait is survived by her son, Silver Vrait.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Vihmand, Jaak (4 February 2006). "Silvi Vrait — staar elu lõpuni" (in Estonian). Postimees. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
- ^ a b c Tali, Piret (4 October 2017). "Salapärane Silvi Vrait – nii jää kui tulikuum". Eesti Naine (in Estonian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Suri lauljanna Silvi Vrait (in Estonian)
External links
- Silvi Vrait discography at MusicBrainz
- Silvi Vrait at IMDb