Hélène Grimaud

The Profile

Hélène Grimaud (born 1969, Aix-en-Provence) is a French classical pianist acclaimed for repertoire spanning the Romantic era to contemporary music. A long-time Deutsche Grammophon artist, she is also an author (Variations Sauvages/Wild Harmonies) and environmentalist who founded the Wolf Conservation Center in New York in 1999.

French classical pianist and author; records for Deutsche Grammophon; founded the Wolf Conservation Center (USA, 1999); noted for interpretations of Brahms, Rachmaninov, Beethoven, and Schumann.

A rhapsodic review of Grimaud’s Deutsche Grammophon album of Chopin and Rachmaninov sonatas praises her ‘icy grace’ and fervent expressivity. The piece also notes her book Variations Sauvages and her wolf conservation work in the U.S. Overall sentiment is admiring and ecstatic.