Marju Länik (born 7 September 1957,Otepää) is an Estonian singer.
Länik began singing in the early 1970s in her hometown of Otepää. In 1975, he graduated from Otepää Secondary School and in the summer of the same year she became a soloist of the Estonian National Philharmonic. Greater recognition came at the end of the decade in participating at theEesti Televisioon programme "Kaks Takti Ette" and being in the music film "Suveviisid Võrtsjärvel". At the same time, she was a soloist in the Tallinn Philharmonic Orchestra's version ofVana Toomas, singing with sisters Ele Kõlar andKaja Kõlar. Concerts were given inMoscow,Kiev,Leningrad,Riga and elsewhere. From 1977 to 1979, she sang in Otepää in the ensemble Nustago and the trio Sarm.
Later, in the 1980s, she performed with bands such as Vitamiin, Mobile, Music Seif, Kontakt, Mahavok, and others, which received recognition in the Soviet Union.[1]
Länik has been a soloist at several international competitions, including Intertalent and Vilnius Towers. Concert tours have also led her toFinland,Cuba,Yugoslavia andCzechoslovakia. In 1985, she participated in a cultural program held atGorky Park with ensemble Mahavok inMoscow at theWorld Festival of Youth and Students.[1]
After the 1986Chernobyl disaster, she and Mahavok visited closed areas inUkraine, where several thousands of participants, including Estonian workers, were given a series of very emotional concerts.[2]
Länik participates in summer tours, and has released albums such as "Naerdes ja naeratades" (1997), "Ti Amo" (2002), "Best of Marju Länik 1" (2007) and "Best of Marju Länik 2" (2007), and participated in numerous TV shows, including inEesti Laul 2018, where she failed to qualify for the final.[3]
She studied atTallinn University from 2001 to 2005, earning abachelor's degreecum laude in the field of cultural and art management.[4] She later earned amaster's degree cum laude in the same field in 2007.[5]
Much of Länik's work consists of original pieces, written in particular byMikk Targo [et],Heini Vaikmaa, Lauri Laubre and Ivar Männik. Her most famous hits are "Ikka jälle", "Karikakar", "Ma olen ju naine", "Head uut aastat", "Suvekuninganna", "Päikesemaa", "Kui sul on raske", "Varjude mäng", "Naerdes ja naeratades", with part of them also sung in Russian. She has recorded about 150 songs in different formations. She has written the lyrics to a few singles by herself ("Rokk on popp", "Ükskõik").
Länik was elected to Tallinn City Council for theReform Party from 2005 to 2010. In the2007 Riigikogu elections, Länik received 201 votes and was not elected.[6]
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