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Ingrid Figur (born 1934) is 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. She then began a career, both in the repertoire of the lied and the oratorio, in and outside Germany.

Since 1974, she has been teaching singing at the Berlin University of the Arts, and as a professor from 1980 to 1999. Figur trained many of the singers known today at national and international level. Among her students are in particular Claudia Barainsky, Merav Barnea [de], Stella Doufexis, Ursula Hesse, Andrea Long, Sebastian Noack, Gundula Hintz , Christine Schäfer, Mojca Erdmann, Stefanie Kunschke [de] and Tim Severloh.

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). In addition, she gives numerous master classes in Germany and other countries.

References

1. "Professoren der Darstellenden Kunst an der Hochschule der Künste und der Universität der Künste 1975" (pdf). udk-berlin.de (in German).
2. "Die Künstlerinnen". lesegeries.org (in German).
3. Ursula Hesse
4. Tim Severloh

• Classical music
• [REDACTED] opera
• Germany

• 1934 births
• Living people
• Singers from Berlin
• German sopranos
• German music educators
• Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts
• German women music educators
• 20th-century German women singers