Andreas Helm, Oboe & Recorders
Andreas Helm studied recorder, oboe with Carin van Heerden at the Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz, where he completed his degree in 1999. Subsequently he studied baroque oboe with Alfredo Bernardini at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam graduating in 2002.
From 2001 to 2003 he was principal oboe and solo recorder player with the European Union Baroque Orchestra.
He is a member of the recorder trio Tricorders, the Rossi Piceno Baroque Ensemble and Schikaneders Jugend, a trio performing alpine folk music from around 1800s. In addition he plays both oboe and recorder with a large number of European orchestras including Wiener Akademie, L’Orfeo Barockorchester, Les Talens Lyriques, Freiburger Barockorchester, Concerto Köln and Concentus Musicus Wien and the Irish Baroque Orchestra.
He has toured extensively all over Europe, USA, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa and the Far East. He is the recipient of several international prizes and awards including the Bonporti Prize in Rovereto, Italy and the Gradus ad Parnassum award in Eisenstadt, Austria.
Andreas Helm teaches regularly at the Aestas Musica Summer School of Baroque Music in Varaždin, Croatia and at the Austrian Baroque Akademie in Gmunden.
He is professor of baroque oboe at the Musikuniversität in Graz and principal oboe of the Irish Baroque Orchestra.
