Ingrid Figur | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ingrid Eleonore Auguste Manns (1936-10-01)October 1, 1936 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | July 15, 2025(2025-07-15) (aged 88) Berlin, Germany |
| Cause of death | Natural causes |
| Genres | Lied, Oratorio |
| Occupations | Soprano, singing teacher |
| Years active | 1960s–2025 |
Ingrid Figur (born as Ingrid Eleonore Auguste Manns; October 1, 1936 in Berlin; July 15, 2025[1]) was a German soprano and singing teacher.
Career
Born in Berlin, Figur studied in her hometown, first German studies, then music at school to become a teacher, finally followed by her singing studies.[citation needed] She then began a career, both in the repertoire of the lied and the oratorio, in and outside Germany.[citation needed]
Since 1974, she has been teaching singing at the Berlin University of the Arts, and as a professor from 1980 to 1999.[2] Figur trained many of the singers known today at national and international level. Among her students are in particular Claudia Barainsky, Merav Barnea,[3] Stella Doufexis, Ursula Hesse,[4] Andrea Long, Sebastian Noack, Gundula Hintz, Christine Schäfer,[5] Mojca Erdmann, Stefanie Kunschke and Tim Severloh.[6]
Particularly noteworthy is her long collaboration and membership to the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, as well as the Berlin nichi-doku Liederkreis (Deutsch-japanische Sommerakademie für Gesang und Liedbegleitung).[citation needed] In addition, she gives numerous master classes in Germany and other countries.[citation needed] Figur died of natural causes on July 15, 2025, in her native Berlin, Germany, at the age of 88.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Traueranzeigen von Ingrid Eleonore Auguste Figur". Tagesspiegel Trauer (in German). Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ^ "Professoren der Darstellenden Kunst an der Hochschule der Künste und der Universität der Künste 1975" (pdf). udk-berlin.de (in German).
- ^ "Die Künstlerinnen". lesegeries.org (in German).
- ^ Ursula Hesse
- ^ "Porträt: Eigenwillen schadet nicht". FAZ.NET (in German). 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
- ^ Tim Severloh
