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Helena Winkelman (*1974)

Biography

Helena Winkelman

Helena Winkelman (b. 1974) is a Swiss composer and violinist. She showed an exceptional musical talent very early. Having won national and international violin competitions at a young age, she has become a composer with an own distinct voice.

Her interest in jazz and renaissance music had her start composing in a postmodernist way, using different styles of music and switching procedures to create an extremely vital music full of humor and irony. Her interest in Swiss folk music and a great admiration for Indian music can also be traced in her music.

Her recent discovery of spectralism in works by Gerard Grisey, Georg Friedrich Haas and George Benjamin has fuelled the tireless artistic reinvention of forms and sounds she chooses to work with.

Works

Winkelmann Helena Ciaccona Vn38

Helena Winkelman

for violin solo

Winkelmann Helena Fremdlaender Mcx92

Helena Winkelman

for chamber ensemble

Winkelman Helena Gemini Vn40B

Helena Winkelman

Gemini Concerto

11 short scenes in three movements

for 2 violins and orchestra

Winkelmann Helena Icaros Trumpet Concerto TP286

Helena Winkelman

Concerto

for solo trumpet, strings and percussion

Winkelmann Helena Impromptu Pno48

Helena Winkelman

for piano

Winkelmann Helena Rondo Januskopf Mcx62

Helena Winkelman

Rondo mit einem Januskopf

for violin and violoncello

Winkelmann Helena Samis Piece Pno47

Helena Winkelman

for piano

Winkelmann Helena Simmelibaerg Suite Orch90

Helena Winkelman

Simmelibärg-Suite

6 new pieces based on well-known Swiss folk songs

for accordion and chamber orchestra

Winkelmann Helena Summer Heat Chamber Orchestra ORCH112

Helena Winkelman

for chamber orchestra

Winkelmann Helena Tree Talk VC20

Helena Winkelman

for 2 solo violoncelli and string orchestra

Audio

Summer Heat
for chamber orchestra

1. Big Mama

2. Battle of Bells

Icaros Concerto
for solo trumpet, strings and percussion

I. Memories in a Labyrinth

II. On the Ecstasy of Flight

III. Lament

Simmelibärg-Suite 6 new pieces based on well-known Swiss folk songs
for accordion and chamber orchestra

1. Luegid Vo Bärg Und Tal

2. Quodlibet

3. Du Fragsch Mi Wär i Bi

4. S'isch Äbe ne Mönsch uf Ärde

5. Zogä n'am Bogä

6. Meiteli wänn Du witt wo tanze

Impromptu
for piano

Impromptu

Sami’s piece
for piano

Sami's Piece

Gemini Concerto 11 short scenes in three movements
for 2 violins and orchestra

1. Worlds Apart

3. Magnets

4. Binary Stars

5. Let's Get Drunk Together

9. Battleships

10. Partners In Crime

Fremdländler
for chamber ensemble

Fremdländler

Ciaccona
for violin solo

Ciaccona

Rondo mit einem Januskopf
for violin and violoncello

Rondo mit einem Januskopf