Anke Helfrich (born 11 November 1966) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Life and work
Helfrich grew up in
Windhoek
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Weinheim
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, Germany where she received piano lessons. She studied in the Netherlands at the Amsterdamse Hoogeschool for the Arts and in
New York
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, where she had lessons with
Kenny Barron
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and
Larry Goldings
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Life and career
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In 1996 Helfrich formed a trio with John Weidenmüller and Jochen Rückert, releasing her first album ''You'll See'' in 2000 with guest
Mark Turner. From 2002, she toured as a trio with
Martin Gjakonovski and
Dejan Terzic (jazz drummer)
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Since 1999 she has lectured at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, and since 2011 at
Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in
Frankfurt
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In 2006 her CD Better Times Ahead was nominated for the German Record Critics' Quarterly Prize. In 2016 she received the ECHO Jazz in the category "National Instrumentalist of the Year - Piano/Keyboards". In 2017 she was awarded the Hessian Jazz Prize.
Pianistin Anke Helfrich erhält Hessischen Jazzpreis
Die Welt
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, 24. Mai 2017
Discography
* Christian Eckert Quartet - Musing (1995)
* Jens Bunge - With All My Heart (1996)
* Anke Helfrich Trio ft. Mark Turner - You'll See (2000)
* Witchcraft ft. Stacy Rowles and Carolyn Breuer - Witchcraft Live (2004)
* Barbara Bridesmaid - Berlin Spirits (2004)
* Anke Helfrich Trio ft. Roy Hargrove - Better Times Ahead (2006)
* Anke Helfrich Trio ft. Nils Wogram - Stormproof (2009)
* Anke Helfrich Trio ft. Tim Hagens - Dedication (2015)
References
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External links
Webpräsenz Helfrichs
Porträt
''Jazzzeitung'' über Helfrich
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German jazz pianists
1966 births
German jazz composers
People from Windhoek
Living people
Women jazz pianists
Women jazz composers
21st-century pianists
21st-century women pianists