Helene Grimaud's guest appearances

Helene Grimaud

New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher

Klassik aktuell

The Answered Question

Voice of the Arts

@ the Symphony

The Culture News

WRCJ In-Studio Guests

The Crossover Media Podcast

Emanuel Ax

Benjamin Grosvenor

JoAnn Falletta

Juanjo Mena

Simone Dinnerstein

Hilary Hahn

Craig Hella Johnson

Leonard Slatkin

Margaret Batjer

Angele Dubeau

Pinchas Zukerman

Augustine Hadelich

William Bolcom

Lara Downes

Pat Metheny

OwlTail

Pianist Helene Grimaud joins the Pittsburgh Symphony in September of 2023 with Manfred Honeck as soloist in the new season. She has a new cd of music by Valentin Silvestrov, the Ukraine born composer who is now living in Berlin. The disc is titled "Silent Songs," the Music of Silence with baritone Konstantin Krimmel. They have a filmed concert together as well for the DG stage+ series. Helene joined Jim Cunningham by Zoom from Berlin to talk about her recent work.

Helene Grimaud - Silent Songs

Für die in Frankreich geborene und in Kalifornien lebende Ausnahmepianistin handelt es sich bei dieser Veröffentlichung um ein absolutes Herzensprojekt.Seit ihrer ersten Begegnung mit den Stillen Liedern des ukrainischen Komponisten Valentin Silvestrov vor fast 20 Jahren haben diese Hél?ne nicht mehr losgelassen und immer wieder durch ihre Programme begleitet.Nun hat sie in dem jungen Bariton Konstantin Krimmel endlich die passende Stimme zur Vertonung dieser so besonderen Stücke auf Texte klassischer Dichter gefunden. Silvestrov selbst traf Hél?ne Grimaud erstmals anlässlich der Albumaufnahme im Sommer 2022 persönlich. Wenige Monate zuvor war Silvestrov unter dramatischen Umständen aus Kiew nach Berlin geflohen. Am 15.02. bringen Hél?ne Grimaud und Konstantin Krimmel das Album live im Berliner Dom zur Aufführung.

Interview mit Helene Grimaud

Pianist Helene Grimaud returns to Pittsburgh for the Ravel Piano Concerto in G with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony. She’s just arrived from Los Angeles where she played Schumann with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a new conductor Marta Gardolinska. She tells us about her new cd from Deutsche Grammophon, The Messenger; how she survived the pandemic and about the 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 at the World Trade Center the same day she played Beethoven at the Proms in London. Plus, she still runs with the wolves and is active in conservation efforts. In order to be socially distanced in Rehearsal Room 2 upstairs at Heinz Hall, Helene Grimaud held the microphone on a long cord while Jim Cunningham shouted.    

Pianist Helene Grimaud returns to Pittsburgh for the Ravel Piano Concerto in G with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony. She’s just arrived from Los Angeles where she played Schumann with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a new conductor Marta Gardolinska. She tells us about her new cd from Deutsche Grammophon, The Messenger; how she survived the pandemic and about the 20th anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 at the World Trade Center the same day she played Beethoven at the Proms in London. Plus, she still runs with the wolves and is active in conservation efforts. In order to be socially distanced in Rehearsal Room 2 upstairs at Heinz Hall, Helene Grimaud held the microphone on a long cord while Jim Cunningham shouted.

It has been about 10 years since Helene Grimaud has recorded any Mozart. Her latest release generates a fascinating dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov.

It has been about 10 years since Helene Grimaud has recorded any Mozart. Her latest release generates a fascinating dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov.

Helene Grimaud explores the spiritual nature of Mozart

Deborah Boldin

Chameleon Arts Ensemble Artistic Director Deborah Boldin talks about the founding of the group in 1998 and a program of works by Bach and his sons at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and pianist Hélène Grimaud describes her changing relationship with the two piano concertos by Brahms, which she performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons.

Chameleon Arts Ensemble Artistic Director Deborah Boldin talks about the founding of the group in 1998 and a program of works by Bach and his sons at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and pianist Hélène Grimaud describes her changing relationship with the two piano concertos by Brahms, which she performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons.

Episode 75: Deborah Boldin and Helene Grimaud

Stream &amp; Download this Helene Grimed Podcast with the pianist discussing her latest project - WaterHélène Grimaud Explores the Power and Beauty of Water in an evocative and deeply personal newDeutsche Grammophon recording to be released February 5Hélène Grimaud's latest album for Deutsche Grammophon, produced by Nitin Sawhney, was inspired by her abiding fascination with Nature's most precious gift. Water is set for worldwide release on February 5, 2016 and conveys imaginative responses to everything from mighty oceans and great lakes to raindrops and snowflakes as well as inviting listeners to contemplate the mounting threats to the safety, security and supply of this essential resource. "What inspired the idea to record this album is really the fascination that so many composers of the 19th and 20th centuries seem to have had with the element of water," Grimaud states. Not only did this sow the seed for a recording, it also grew into a collaboration between the pianist and Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon. Their site-specific installation tears become… streams become… was created for the Wade Thompson Drill Hall at New York's Park Avenue Armory in December 2014. Described by the New York Times as a "compelling, boldly original work", the project blended elements of art, music and architecture, with Grimaud's water-themed programme located at its core. Gordon transformed the cavernous Drill Hall by slowly flooding its vast floor to create the impression of what he described as an endless "field of water," entirely surrounding the grand piano at which Grimaud performed.The album features works by nine composers: it opens with Berio's Wasserklavier and includes Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch II, Fauré's Barcarolle No.5, Ravel's Jeux d'eau, "Almería" from Albéniz's Iberia, Liszt's Les Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este and the first movement of Janáček's In the Mists, before closing with Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie. These myriad reflections on the qualities of water were recorded live at the Armory during the installation and then connected and woven into the album narrative by seven "Transitions" that were newly composed, recorded and produced by Sawhney. Grimaud was delighted to work with the award-winning composer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, praising his ability to highlight "the universal human dependence on our planet's most precious resource" and weave "contrasting poetic and philosophical perspectives into a single, cogent musical ecosystem." Each piece on this new album unfolds as part of an acoustic "stream", carefully structured in its blend of classical and contemporary compositions, yet experimental in its overall aesthetic. Hélène Grimaud is not only one of the world's most celebrated pianists, but also a tireless champion of ecological causes, having founded the Wolf Conservation Center, which raises awareness of the importance and relationship of these top predators to our ecosystem. With Water, the insightful Grimaud has united her twin passions for music and the environment in unique fashion.

Stream &amp; Download this Helene Grimed Podcast with the pianist discussing her latest project - Water Hélène Grimaud Explores the Power and Beauty of Water in an evocative and deeply personal new Deutsche Grammophon recording to be released February 5 Hélène Grimaud's latest album for Deutsche Grammophon, produced by Nitin Sawhney, was inspired by her abiding fascination with Nature's most precious gift. Water is set for worldwide release on February 5, 2016 and conveys imaginative responses to everything from mighty oceans and great lakes to raindrops and snowflakes as well as inviting listeners to contemplate the mounting threats to the safety, security and supply of this essential resource. "What inspired the idea to record this album is really the fascination that so many composers of the 19th and 20th centuries seem to have had with the element of water," Grimaud states. Not only did this sow the seed for a recording, it also grew into a collaboration between the pianist and Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon. Their site-specific installation tears become… streams become… was created for the Wade Thompson Drill Hall at New York's Park Avenue Armory in December 2014. Described by the New York Times as a "compelling, boldly original work", the project blended elements of art, music and architecture, with Grimaud's water-themed programme located at its core. Gordon transformed the cavernous Drill Hall by slowly flooding its vast floor to create the impression of what he described as an endless "field of water," entirely surrounding the grand piano at which Grimaud performed. The album features works by nine composers: it opens with Berio's Wasserklavier and includes Takemitsu's Rain Tree Sketch II, Fauré's Barcarolle No.5, Ravel's Jeux d'eau, "Almería" from Albéniz's Iberia, Liszt's Les Jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este and the first movement of Janáček's In the Mists, before closing with Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie. These myriad reflections on the qualities of water were recorded live at the Armory during the installation and then connected and woven into the album narrative by seven "Transitions" that were newly composed, recorded and produced by Sawhney. Grimaud was delighted to work with the award-winning composer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, praising his ability to highlight "the universal human dependence on our planet's most precious resource" and weave "contrasting poetic and philosophical perspectives into a single, cogent musical ecosystem." Each piece on this new album unfolds as part of an acoustic "stream", carefully structured in its blend of classical and contemporary compositions, yet experimental in its overall aesthetic. Hélène Grimaud is not only one of the world's most celebrated pianists, but also a tireless champion of ecological causes, having founded the Wolf Conservation Center, which raises awareness of the importance and relationship of these top predators to our ecosystem. With Water, the insightful Grimaud has united her twin passions for music and the environment in unique fashion.

Helene Grimaud - Water Podcast

French pianist Helene Grimaud will be performing the first and second Brahms Piano Concertos this weekend with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Fresh from rehearsal she explains her musical experience with Brahms.