The following is extracted from Volume II of the 1986 edition of South African Music Encyclopedia (J.P. Malan, ISBN 0 19 570285 9)
ANNE FELDMAN (nee Treger), soprano, born 28 December 1927 in Latvia
The dancer Mitsava trained Anne Feldman in ballet from the time she was three years old. This continued until she was brought to South Africa when she was eleven years old in 1939. During her school days in Cape Town Anne had pianoforte tuition from Miss L Brunt (1940-48), and matriculated with distinction in Music. Subsequently she obtained the ATCL Diploma (pianoforte), but in the meantime she had begun her study of singing (1944), first under Sign. Paganelli in Cape Town, then under Francis Russell in Johannesburg, nad eventually under Helena Isepp in London (1953-54).
In 1959 Anne Feldman coached a black choir in Johannesburg for a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah, and appeared with them as soloist. The next year she was appointed singing teacher at the Joseph Edward Singing School (also known as the African Music and Drama Association - AMDA). Since then she has been active as soloist and coach of the Johannesburg African Music Society (JAMS), and in the productions of Union Artists. She was consequently involved in the productions of King Kong (1961) and Sponono (1963) and in the choral work of the Messiah Choir under the auspices of JAMS. Since 1963 she has also acted as musical director of the Insholo Civic Theatre. She has been a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Johannesburg and Cape Town, in chamber music programmes, and in concerts of Spanish and Jewish folk songs. For the South African Opera federation she sang the part of Norina in Don Pasquale (1961). The institution of the Regional Councils for the Performing Arts has led to engagements by CAPAB and PACOFS. Later she started teaching music privately and at schools in Johannesburg.
