David Helbock


David Helbock is an Austrian jazz musician.

Music education

Helbock studied classical piano at the conservatory in Feldkirch, Austria with Prof. Ferenc Bognar.
In addition he also was a private student of the NY jazz pianist Peter Madsen.

Activities

With his different musical projects, like the "David Helbock Trio", "David Helbock's Random/Control" and also as a solo artist, Helbock toured all over the planet.
In 2010 he released his "Personal Realbook", a compositional project, where he wrote one tune every day for a whole year, inspired by the Brazilian jazz legend Hermeto Pascoal.
Hermeto also contributed a song to Helbock's CD "Think of Two" in 2014.
In 2014 Helbock appeared as a soloist on Michael Mantler's CD "The Jazz Composers Orchestra – Update" published on ECM.
Since 2010 till 2015 Helbock's CDs as a leader were published on the label Traumton in Berlin.
Since 2016 Helbock is an exclusive artist with the record company ACT Music from Munich. The first CD released on ACT with the David Helbock Trio is called Into the Mystic, the second CD with Random/Control is entitled "Tour d´Horizon".

Awards

Helbock is a prizewinner at the world-biggest Jazzpianosolo Competition in Montreux 2007 and 2010 and in addition also won the audience prize. In 2011 he was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award of the government of Austria.

Selected discography