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Heidy Tamme (also known as Heidi Tamme, Heidy Laanemäe; born on 5 April 1943) is an
Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
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and pop singer whose career began in the early 1960s.Estonian Encyclopedia. 2000. Volume 14, page 513 Tamme was born in
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to Estonian parents. The family returned to Estonia when she was young. She attended primary and secondary schools in
Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
. In 1964, she graduated from the Tallinn Music School with a degree in choir and orchestra conducting and from the
Tallinn Conservatory The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (''Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia'') began as a mixed choir of the Estonia Society Musical Department (EMD) on the eve of World War I. The assembly of the Estonia Society created the Tallinn Higher Musi ...
in 1966, studying music under tutelage of
Uno Naissoo Uno Naissoo (25 March 1928 Viljandi – 5 January 1980 Tallinn) was an Estonian composer and jazz musician. In 1952, he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. Bteween 1952–1980, he taught music theory subjects at Georg Ots Tallinn Music S ...
. From 1967 to 1983, she was a soloist for the Estonian Philharmonic. From 1967 to 1969, she was a singer with the ensemble