Highly skilled collaborative pianist Helen Mills has performed with established musicians in the UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Greece and South America in a number of venues including King’s Place, LSO St Lukes, Cadagon Hall and St George’s Bristol.
Helen completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Birmingham University and Birmingham Conservatoire where she majored in solo piano and performed frequently as a piano accompanist and chamber musician.
After graduating, Helen took up her post as a staff accompanist at the specialist music institution Wells Cathedral School where she worked with talented young musicians and played a major role in many of the school’s performances.
Helen went on to win a scholarship to study Piano Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for two years and graduated with distinction from the Performance Masters programme. During her time there she studied with Andrew West, Pamela Lidiard and Charles Owen, and received coaching from renowned musicians including Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Gordon Back, and Iain Burnside. She participated in many recitals and projects including Iain Burnside’s production Childsplay, which received a glowing review from Opera Magazine, and was awarded the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize by Roger Vignoles for her performance in Sarah Walker’s ‘Creative Voices’ recital.
In 2009 Helen completed Udo Reinemann’s monthly International Lied Masterclasses at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels and was consequently invited to perform at the Festival des Heures Romantiques in France in 2009 and 2010.
Helen was an artist on Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now scheme for 5 years, performing with John Bacon (Tenor) throughout the UK to people who have limited access to live music, and has done similar work with the Concordia Foundation and Superact. She has performed extensively as the pianist of Ystävää Piano Trio and Belgrave Trio and is in demand as a piano accompanist and piano teacher in Bristol.
Helen Mills Pianist 