Erin Helyard
Erin Helyard is an Australian conductor and keyboard performer specialising in early music and baroque opera. He was born in Gosford, on the Central Coast near Sydney.
Career[edit]
Helyard graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium and was awarded a University Medal. He studied with Tom Beghin at McGill University in Canada for a masters in fortepiano performance. He has a PhD in musicology.[1]
Helyard is artistic director of Pinchgut Opera, which he co-founded.[2] He conducted Barrie Kosky's production of Handel's Saul for the Adelaide Festival in 2017.[3] At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards he won Best Classical Album for Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas (shared with Richard Tognetti).[4]
His 2022 monograph, Clementi and the Woman at the Piano, investigates the relation between the London-based Italian composer Muzio Clementi and piano performance practice by women.[5]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Beethoven & Mozart Violin Sonatas (with Richard Tognetti) | Best Classical Album | Won | [6] |
| Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (with baritone David Greco) | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, Janet (17 June 2014). "Erin Helyard brings broad range of skills". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Meacham, Steve (12 November 2019). "The case of Vivaldi's final act". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Saul review – Barrie Kosky slays giant expectations in triumphant return to Adelaide". The Guardian. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "And the 2020 ARIA Awards Go To…". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Helyard, Erin (2022). Clementi and the Woman at the Piano. Oxford University Studies in The Enlightenment. Voltaire Foundation, Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1800856257. Description and excepts, Liverpool University Press
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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