Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1983-06-04

Place of Birth

Kilingi-Nõmme, Pärnu District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Pärnu County, Estonia]

Liisi Koikson

Biography

Liisi Koikson (born June 4, 1983 in Kilingi-Nõmme) is an Estonian singer, singing teacher and actress. Liisi Koikson attended Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium, graduating in 2001. Her first singing coach was composer, choir director and vocal pedagogue Toomas Voll, from 1991 until 1999. In 1993, at age ten, Koikson won the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) song competition Laulukarussell for the 8–10 year old category. In 2006, she graduated from the Georg Ots Tallinn Music College. From 2011 until 2014, she studied at the Tech Music School (University of West London) in London, where she obtained a bachelor's degree. Koikson has worked as a singing teacher at the Heino Eller Music School and the NUKU Theatre. She has appeared in several stage musicals, such as Evita, Aida, The Sound of Music, Georg and Jesus Christ Superstar. In 2003 and 2005, she received the award "Best Female Artist of the Year" at the Estonian Music Awards. In 2008 she had a starring role as Anna Rõuk in the film December Heat.

Known for

Sing my Song

Eurolaul

Eurolaul was an annual televised competition to select a song to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest made by the Estonian Public Television Service ETV. For many years the competition differed from the national selections of most other countries in that the outcome was solely determined by an international jury. The rules were changed to entrust the Estonian public with the choice by means of televoting in 2004 and 2005, but due to the disappointing results in the ESC in those years there was a return to the former system in 2006. Eurolaul also selected Tanel Padar and Dave Benton's song "Everybody" in 2001, which went on to win the contest for Estonia. In 2009, Eurolaul was discontinued after a long period of bad results for Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest and was replaced with a new contest entitled Eesti Laul.

A Friend of Mine

Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference overrun his thoughts, he contemplates suicide until he meets a younger man who sparks his interest in life.

December Heat

The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.