Käbi Laretei

Käbi Laretei

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    1922-07-14

  • Day of Death

    2014-10-31 (92 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Tartu, Estonia

Biography

Käbi Alma Laretei (July 14, 1922 – October 31, 2014) was an Estonian-Swedish concert pianist.

Her father Heinrich Laretei was a diplomat in the service of the Republic of Estonia as ambassador to Sweden; when the Soviet Union occupied Estonia in 1940, the family did not return to Estonia. Her piano teacher was Maria-Luisa Strub-Moresco, who had an indirect influence on the artistic choices of Laretei's later husband, Ingmar Bergman. Laretei had a long and distinguished career as a pianist, and in the 1960s she played to packed halls in the United Kingdom, Sweden, West Germany, and the United States, including Carnegie Hall.

Acting

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