Ingrid Figur

Ingrid Figur
Born	(1936-10-01)October 1, 1936 Berlin
Origin	Germany
Died	July 15, 2025(2025-07-15) (aged 88)
Occupation(s)	Soprano and Singing teacher

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  [ de ], ^[3] Stella Doufexis, Ursula Hesse, ^[4] Andrea Long, Sebastian Noack, Gundula Hintz, Christine Schäfer, ^[5] Mojca Erdmann, Stefanie Kunschke  [ de ] 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

1. "Traueranzeigen von Ingrid Eleonore Auguste Figur". Tagesspiegel Trauer (in German). Retrieved 2025-10-19.
2. "Professoren der Darstellenden Kunst an der Hochschule der Künste und der Universität der Künste 1975" (pdf). udk-berlin.de (in German).
3. "Die Künstlerinnen". lesegeries.org (in German).
4. Ursula Hesse
5. "Porträt: Eigenwillen schadet nicht". FAZ.NET (in German). 2004-01-15. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
6. Tim Severloh