Born in Berlin in 1982, Martin Helmchen has established himself as one of the younger generation’s top pianists. This musician enjoys an international career, working with numerous renowned orchestras such as the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Orchestre de Paris, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He studied at Berlin’s ›Hanns Eisler‹ College of Music as well as at the College of Music, Drama and Media in Hanover and his mentors are William Grant Naboré and Alfred Brendel. Martin Helmchen has been Associate Professor of Chamber Music at the Kronberg Academy since 2010.

Chamber Music is a particular passion for this pianist. He performs regularly with partners such as Julian Prégardien, Veronika Eberle and Christian Tetzlaff. Alongside this year’s concert with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, there are also engagements planned with the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic and with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo.

Martin Helmchen is an exclusive artist for Alpha Classics. In Beethoven’s jubilee year 2020 he will be releasing all of Beethoven’s piano concertos with Andrew Manze and the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin.