Martin Helmchen
Chamber Music Connects the World, Junior
Cello Festival, concert
Visiting Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes
Kronberg Academy Festival, concert
Chamber Music Connects the World
Martin Helmchen, born in 1982, has established himself as one of the prominent exceptional pianists of the younger generation. He performs with such orchestras as Berliner Philharmoniker under Herbert Blomstedt, Wiener Philharmoniker under Valery Gergiev, London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski, City of Birmigham Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony under Andris Nelsons and New York Philharmonic under Christoph von Dohnányi.
He also enjoys collaborations with conductors such as David Afkham, Marc Albrecht, Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, Philippe Herreweghe, Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Emmanuel Krivine, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Christoph Poppen, Michael Sanderling and David Zinman.
His quest for exploring all facets of music-making is born in his passion for chamber music – which was largely ignited in early collaborations with the late cellist Boris Pergamenschikow. Helmchen‘s chamber music partners have included Juliane Banse, Matthias Goerne, Veronika Eberle, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Carolin Widmann and Frank Peter Zimmermann. He is a regular guest to London’s Wigmore Hall. With Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Martin Helmchen commissioned a double concerto for violoncello and piano from York Höller, which they premiered at the Ruhr Piano Festival in June 2022.
Martin Helmchen is an exclusive artist of Alpha Classics. Last year he released a solo CD of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, a CD of Schumann’s chamber music featuring Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Antje Weithaas, and a Duo CD of Brahms featuring Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. He has recorded numerous CDs for Pentatone Classics, which include piano concertos by Mozart, Schumann and Mendelssohn, as well as chamber music by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious Gramophone Music Award for his recording of all of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano concertos with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Andrew Manze, released by Alpha Classics. In march 2022, the highly acclaimed album "Novelletten und Gesänge der Frühe" with piano works by Robert Schumann was released. The same year, he received the renowned ICMA-Award.
A former student of Galina Iwanzowa in Berlin, Helmchen continued his studies with Arie Vardie at the Hochschule für Musik Hannover. His other mentors include William Grant Naboré and Alfred Brendel. In 2001 he won the “Concours Clara Haskil” and in 2006 he was awarded the “Credit Suisse Young Artist Award”.
Since 2010, Martin Helmchen has been a visiting professor of chamber music at the Kronberg Academy.
„LIEBER SCHUBERT“ II - Exclusively for friends
Participants
- Martin Helmchen piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano sonatas No. 2 in C major D 279, No. 14 in A minor D 784, No. 17 in D major D 850
18.45 Concert introduction: Martin Helmchen himself will introduce the evening's works on the piano.
The concert ends at around 9.45pm
Subject to change.
Booking:
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„LIEBER SCHUBERT“ III - Exclusively for friends
Participants
- Martin Helmchen piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano sonata No. 7 in E flat Major, D 568
I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante molto
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Allegro moderato
Piano sonata No. 11 in F minor, D 625
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo: Allegretto – Trio
IV. Allegro
intermission
Piano sonata No. 16 in A minor, D 845
I. Moderato
II. Andante poco mosso
III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace – Trio: Un poco più lento
IV. Rondo: Allegro vivace
Subject to change.
Concert introduction with Martin Helmchen at 18.15 in Großer Saal.
Booking:
Via the booking link you received as Friend by email. Alternatively, you can also obtain your tickets from our ticket office: in person, by telephone or by e-mail.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Telephone +49 (0) 61 73-78 33 77
E-mail karten(at)kronbergacademy.de
„LIEBER SCHUBERT“ IV
Participants
- Martin Helmchen piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Sonana no. 9 B major D 575 op. posth.
Piano Sonata no. 4 A minor D 537
Piano Sonata no. 18 G major D 894
Martin Helmchen introduces these pieces personally. This will be half an hour before the beginning of the concert.
Subject to change.
CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
concert package “Schubert” 72 / 56 / 40 €
MARTIN HELMCHEN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Martin Helmchen piano
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Antje Weithaas violin
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
String Quintet no. 3 in C major, KV 515
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Other Participants
Kronberg Young Soloists
CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
concert package “Weekend i” 104 / 76 €
Subject to change.
MARTIN HELMCHEN & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Theo Plath Bassoon
- Michail Lifits Piano
- Martin Helmchen Piano
Programme
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Suite italienne (Arr. Piatigorski for violoncello and piano)
Glinka (1804–1857)
Trio Pathétique in D minor
Pjotr Iljitsch Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
Symphonic dances, Op. 45
(Arr. for 2 pianos)
Other Participants
Kronberg Young Soloists
Neronimo Schliga - clarinet
Subject to change.
CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
concert package “Weekend i” 104 / 76 €
MARTIN HELMCHEN & FRIENDS III
Participants
- Antje Weithaas violin
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Martin Helmchen Piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
“The Art of Fugue” BWV 1080
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Other Participants
Kronberg Young Soloists
Neronimo Scheliga - clarinet
Subject to change.
CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
concert package “Weekend i” 104 / 76 €
BEETHOVEN IM DUO „Saitenweise“ Cello & Klavier
Participants
- Marie-Elisabeth Hecker cello
- Martin Helmchen Piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Sonata in A major for piano and violoncello, Op. 69
Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”
from Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in E-flat major, WoO 46
12 Variations on a Theme from Handel’s Oratorio
“Judas Maccabaeus,” WoO 45
Sonata in F major for piano and cello, Op. 5 No. 1
Subject to change.
„LIEBER SCHUBERT“ V
Participants
- Martin Helmchen Piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Sonata no. 5 A flat-major D 557
Sonata no. 15 C-major D 840 „Reliquie“
Sonata no. 21 C-minor D 958
Martin Helmchen introduces these pieces personally. This will be half an hour before the beginning of the concert.
Subject to change.
CONCERT PACKAGE AT A SPECIAL PRICE
concert package “Schubert” 72 / 56 / 40 €