Martin Helmchen

He began his piano studies at the age of six, and graduated from the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory as a student of Galina Iwanzowa, and in 2001 from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover as a student of Arie Vardi.

His specialty is chamber music, where he has performed extensively with Heinrich Schiff and Marie-Elisabeth Hecker.

[3] Collaborations with further artists have included Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam, Tabea Zimmermann, Juliane Banse, Julia Fischer, Sabine Meyer and Lars Vogt.

In 2009, two further CDs were released: He made his American debut in 2011 when he played at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

In the same year he received the ECHO Klassik Prize[5] as together with cellist Danjulo Ishizaka for their CD with works from Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Benjamin Britten (2005, Sony Classical).