Anna Eller

Anna Eller (born Anna Josefina Sofia Maria Fenrich von Gjurgjenovac, later Kremer, then Eller, December 24, 1887 – 1942) was an Estonian pianist.[1] She is best known as a spouse to Heino Eller, a prominent Estonian composer and composition teacher.

Life

Anna Eller grew up in Warsaw, Poland, studying piano in private classes with Aleksander Michałowski.[2] In 1906 she married her first husband, Rafael R. Kremer. In 1907 she moved to Saint Petersburg to study piano at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. She enrolled in the class of Nikolai Abramychev,[2] and graduated in 1915. In 1908 she met Heino Eller,[3] her lover and future husband, who studied violin at the same conservatory. After her graduation in 1915 she worked as a piano teacher in Tartu.[4] In 1920 Anna Eller married to Heino Eller.[4]

Death

Anna Eller was arrested by the SS in June 1942, because of her Jewish ancestry, and was later executed.[5][6]

References
  1. Ancientfaces: Biography of Anna Josefina Sofia Maria Kremer
  2. "Anna Kremer - abikaasa, kolleeg, mõttekaaslane - Heino Eller - Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum". virtuaalne.ajaloomuuseum.ee. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. Raul Petai: "“Heino Eller - in modo mixolydio” Peatoimetaja Hedi Roosma Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum Kirjastus SE&JS, Tallinn, 2008", Vaba Eesti Sõna - Kunst ja kultur. Online publication December 2012, (in Estonian)
  4. Heino Elleri Nimeline Tartu Muusikakool: On Heino and his wife Anna (March 2017), in Estonian
  5. "Vaba Eesti Sõna - Heino Eller 125". www.vabaeestisona.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. "Heino Eller". ERP. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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