The Estonian pianist Marite Männi is active internationally as a soloist and song accompanist. Her recent performances include recitals at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Marmorsaal Stuttgart, and the Maison de l'Étoile in Mauritius. She will next appear at the Liedfestival Sindelfingen 2026.

Marite has been invited to several programs for young pianists with a focus on art song and cultural and musical initiatives. She participated in the TONALi Stage Academy, is a 2025 fellow of the Exzellenzlabor Lied in Villecroze, and was selected for the Carnegie Hall SongStudio ’26, where she was mentored by Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee. Together with baritone Jasper Lampe, she won second prize at the International Song Duo Competition in Groningen.

Marite is involved in collaborative projects, including work with “funky brain,” and contributed to the organization of the Tallinn Chamber Music Festival in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. She is a Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now artist and teaches at the Clara Schumann Music School in Baden-Baden.

Born in Tallinn, Marite studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and continued her education at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, specializing in Song-Duo performance under Professor Götz Payer. Her studies have been supported by the Deutschlandstipendium, and has been scholarship holder of the prestigious arteMusica Foundation for Music and Culture.


"Marite Männi delighted with her thoroughly musical, characterful performance, full of positive energy."
Sirp, 2019