Silvi Vrait

Silvi Vrait is a Soviet and Estonian singer. Born in Kehra in 1951, Vrait graduated from the Kehra Music School in 1968 on piano. In 1974 she graduated from the Tartu University with a degree in English philology. From 1994, she taught English in a secondary school in Tallinn. Vrait coached vocalists at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn. Silvi Vrait first appeared on stage in 1972, when she performed in a TV shows 'Kaks takti ette' and 'Käokava'. From 1976 to 1983 she was active in theatre Vanemuine in Tartu. Her style varies from jazz to country and from rock to folk. In the late 1980s, she was known for two recordings, "Väikene rahvas, väikene maa" (Small Nation, Tiny Country) and "Ei ole üksi ükski maa" (No Land is Alone). She appeared in musicals and operas, such as Porgy and Bess (Bess, 1985), The King and I (Lady Thiang, 1998), Zorba (Leader, 2000), Gypsy (Rose, 2001), Chicago (Mama Morton, 2004) and The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess, 2010), Cabaret (Fräulein Schneider, 2012). In 1994, Vrait was the representative of Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin that year. Her song 'Nagu merelaine' ended up on 24th out of 25 places, beating only Lithuania.