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

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

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

  1. ^ Wilson, Janet (17 June 2014). "Erin Helyard brings broad range of skills". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ Meacham, Steve (12 November 2019). "The case of Vivaldi's final act". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Saul review – Barrie Kosky slays giant expectations in triumphant return to Adelaide". The Guardian. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "And the 2020 ARIA Awards Go To…". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.