Klaudia Taev (13 April 1906 in
Saaremaa – 7 June 1985 in
Pärnu) was an
Estonian
vocal pedagogue
Vocal pedagogy is the study of the art and science of voice instruction. It is used in the teaching of singing and assists in defining what singing is, how singing works, and how proper singing technique is accomplished.
Vocal pedagogy covers a ...
.
Born into a teacher’s family on the Estonian island of
Saaremaa, she studied as an
opera singer at the Tallinn Conservatoire, under the tutorage of
Aino Tamm, the first professional opera singer in
Estonia.
During World War II, she taught singing in
Yaroslavl, and her students included the famous
Estonian
baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...
,
Georg Ots. Later, other well-known Estonian singers
Urve Tauts, ,
Hans Miilberg,
Viktor Gurjev,
Asta Vihandi
Asta Vihandi (born Asta Kronberg; 21 July 1929 – 5 March 1993) was an Estonian opera and operetta soprano, stage and film actress, and dancer whose career began in 1947 at the age of eighteen. Vihandi's longest engagement was at the Estonian Na ...
studied under her.
Taev died on 7 June 1985, due to an illness. She is remembered through an international competition for opera singers named after her - the
Klaudia Taev Competition.
External links
Klaudia Taevon
PromFest
1906 births
1985 deaths
People from Saaremaa Parish
People from the Governorate of Livonia
Voice teachers
Estonian women educators
20th-century Estonian educators
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