Anne Maasik

Anne Maasik has worked as a stage and theatre director for 23 years, thirteen of them at the Theatre Vanemuine as an actor and music director. While working at the Vanemuine she staged two solo programmes and taught at the drama studio there. She also worked as an actor at the Tartu Children's Theatre where she has staged plays both for children and grown-ups and again put together four solo programmes of songs. She has acted as music director for Rein Maran's nature films. The Estonian public knows her first of all as a very original singer. Her songs are characterized by a total immersion in the text and a very sensitive and powerful performance. Her style joins together the traditional Finno-Ugric song tradition and a deep feeling for nature. Many of her songs have been used as background music for various plays. She has also issued a CD and two cassettes with her songs.