Erna Tauro, née Pergament (16 August 1916 Viipuri4 June 1993 Stockholm), was a Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer. Biography Erna Tauro was born in Viipuri, daughter of Isak Pergament and Rifka née Rosenthal, and niece of composers Moses Pergament and Simon Parmet. The family moved to Berlin in 1921 and later to Helsinki. Tauro studied piano and music theory in Berlin, and according to some sources, also studied music at the Sibelius Academy in Finland. During World War II, Tauro worked as a nurse and also an accompanist. From 1955 to 1969 she was principal accompanist at the Little Theater in Helsinki and composed music for a number of plays and musicals. Her composition "Höstvisa" ("Autumn Song") with lyrics by Tove Jansson won third prize in the 1965 Finnish Broadcasting Song Contest. The same year, she won second place with the song "Den gamla brudkläderskan" ("The Old Bridal Wife") with lyrics by Huldén Evert. In 1969, Tauro received a position as musical director for Fiddler on the Roof in Stockholm, and in 1977 she settled permanently in that city. She married Risto Ilmari Tauro, and they had one daughter born in 1945. She died in Stockholm in 1993. Tauro is best known for the songs for Moomin, a series of children's books by Tove Jansson which were translated into plays and animation. Music for the last play, King Moomin Valley, was finished by composer Mika Pohjola after the death of Jansson and Tauro and premiered in August 2008. Works Selected works include: Kahdeksikko, musical Oli kevät, musical Guldbröllop, musical Moomin behind the scenes, songs for a play Höstvisa Den gamla brudkläderskan Troll i kulisserna References 1916 births 1993 deaths 20th-century classical composers Finnish music educators Women classical composers Jewish classical composers Finnish classical composers Swedish classical composers Finnish Jews Swedish Jews Finnish emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Finnish-Jewish descent Swedish women composers Musicians from Vyborg People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Women music educators Finnish women classical composers 20th-century women composers 20th-century Swedish women 20th-century Finnish composers