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Helen Lindén
Cellist
CURRICULUM VITAE
Helen LINDEN started playing the cello with a Hungarian pedagogue,
Csaba Szilvay, at the age of six. She showed very young an outstanding
talent, and at the age of nine she made her debut as soloist with a
symphony orcherstra. At fifteen she was employed by the Helsinki
Philharmonic Orchestra for ten performances. Then she started to take
part in competitions; She won the Finnish National Contest, she was
finalist at sixteen in the Turku Nordic Cello Competition and at eighteen
she played in the finals of the EUROVISION Competition for Young
Soloists in Brussels.
In 1993 She interrupted her studies in the Sibelius Academy and went to
the Indiana University (USA) at the Bloomington School of Music, where
she got the tuition of prof. Janos STARKER. It was for her two years of
intensive Musical education and activity; The Indiana University awarded
her the first prize in a Concerto competition, the first prize in a
”Popper”(Vituosity for Cello) competition, and an ”Artist Diploma”
ending her studies in the United States.
In 1999 she completed her Masters degree in the Sibelius Academy of
Helsinki.
Helen Lindén has been performing as soloist or in chamber music in most
of the European countries, as well as touring with orchestra playing
concertos in Hong-Kong, Taïwan, China and Japan. She has been
recording for numerous Radios or TV, including of course the Finnish
Radio, where she is a regular soloist. She also has an intensive activity
playing quartet, trio and duos with Olivier Pons, Risto Lauriala and
Folke Gräsbeck. Her recordings include a CD with David Poppers cello
music and a DVD with Bach Cello Suites in 2010. Composers Harri
Wessman and Jack Mattson have written works for her. Lindén plays an
Italian cello made by Cappa in the 18th century.