Riina Gerretz (8 July 1939 – 22 March 2014) was an

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pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

. She was best known for performing with artists such as

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, Hendrik Krumm,

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Anu Kaal Anu Kaal (born Anu Kindlam, 4 November 1940 Tallinn) is an Estonian coloratura soprano singer. In 2001, she was awarded the Order of the White Star. Life She studied at the Tallinna Muusikakool, and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. She st ...

, Margarita Voites, Jüri Gerretz, Ivo Juul, Yolanda Hernandez,

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, Hannes Altrov,

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and

Heidy Tamme Heidy Tamme (also known as Heidi Tamme, Heidy Laanemäe; born on 5 April 1943) is an Estonian estrada, chamber and pop singer whose career began in the early 1960s.Estonian Encyclopedia. 2000. Volume 14, page 513 Tamme was born in Ulyanovsk, Ru ...

. She worked mostly in her native

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. During her life, she had the

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s Põder (1939–1958), Villum (1958–1961), Mikiver (1969–1971), Viljanen 1983–2002, Gerretz (until 2014). Gerretz died after a long illness on 22 March 2014 in

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. She was 74 years old.

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Riina Gerretz biography
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