15.06.2025 - 2 pm
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte Leipzig

My Ballade in D op. 2 No. 3 will be premiered at the closing concert of the Grieg Festival.

The concert will be entitled: Portraits of nature - songs for the piano, and will also feature works by Edvard Grieg, Frédéric Chopin, and Juliusz Zarębski.

At the piano Aleksandra Świgut

Aleksandra Świgut teaches at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She is a prize winner of numerous competitions, including the 17th International Edvard Grieg Competition in Bergen, as well as the first International Chopin Competition on historical instruments in Warsaw (2018) and many others. She performs regularly in Poland, Europe, and internationally.

Photo: ©Filip Błażejowski

The overview of all other concerts for 2025 will follow soon.

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18.10.2024 - 19:30
C. Bechstein Centrum Dresden
Robert Schumann Hall in the Coselpalais

My "Ballade No.2 in C" was premiered as part of the piano recital.

Fantasy in C, op. 17
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Ballade No.2 in C, op. 2
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

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Ballade No.2 in F major, op. 38
Sonata No.3 in B minor, op. 58
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

21.09.2024 - 5 p.m.
Kultursalon Haus Wiegelmann
Oelde Grüner Weg 41

My "Ballade in C" was previewed at the piano recital in Oelde.

Fantasy in C, op. 17
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Ballade No.2 in C, op. 2
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

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Ballade No.2 in F major, op. 38
Sonata No.3 in B minor, op. 58
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

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Photo: ©Günther Hegemann

13.09.2024 - 12 noon
Schumann Haus Zwickau

My cycle "Kinderszenen" was performed as part of the Mittagsmusik.

Kinderszenen, op. 1
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

Nocturne op. 62, No.2
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Fantasy in C major, op. 17
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Ballade in F, op. 38
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

10.08.2024 - 5 pm
Municipal Gallery ADA Meiningen

Excerpts from my cycle "Kinderszenen" will be performed as part of the vernissage "Kinder der Welt" (Thomas Billhardt).

From Kinderszenen, op. 1
Von fremden Menschen und Ländern
Des Träumers Traum
Nächtliche Fantasterei
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

Nocturne op. 27, No.2
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Ballade in F, op. 38
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

30.06.2024 - 11 a.m.
Mendelssohn House Leipzig

My cycle "Kinderszenen" was performed as part of the Sunday matinée.

6 Children's Pieces, op. 72
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Kinderszenen op. 1
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

Children's Corner
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

19.05.2024 - 7 pm
Gesellschaft für Musiktheater Wien Palais Khevenhüller
Türkenstraße 19, Vienna 9

My "Nocturne in No.1 in D" was performed as part of the piano recital.

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade in G minor op. 23
Nocturne op. 27, No.1&2
Impromptu op. 51
Polonaise op. 26 No.2
Polonaise op. 53

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Jonathan Helbig (*1991)
Nocturne No.1 in D, op. 3

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Ballade in F major op. 38
Sonata in B minor op. 58

At the piano Iva Zurbo

12.05.2024 - 4 pm
Acadamy of Music Leipzig

Excerpts from my cycle "Kinderszenen" were performed as part of a discussion concert.

Song without Words op. 19, No.4
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Sonata op. 26, 1st movement
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata K513
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

From Album for the Youth
No.28, 30, 38
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

From children's scenes
Von fremden Menschen und Ländern
Auf dem Schaukelpferd
Hasche Mann
Nächtliche Fantasterei
Schlafe wohl
Der Dichter spricht
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

Prelude op. 45, No.9
A Saygun (*19xx)

At the piano Arda Arman

15.03.2024 - 7 pm
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte Leipzig

My Nocturnes op.3 were premiered as part of the piano recital.

Nocturne, op. 27 - No. 1&2
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Consolation No.3
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Nocturne, op. 118 - No. 4
Christian Sinding (1856-1941)

Nocturne op. 3 - No.1-3
Jonathan Helbig

Notturno, op. 54 - No. 4
Edward Grieg (1843-1907)

Etude op. 25 - No.7
Nocturne, op. 62 - No. 1&2
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

"You could feel the authenticity of the music"

Birgit Polter
- Piano teacher HMT Leipzig -

20.10.2023 - 1 p.m.
Meiningen Museums

Excerpts from my cycle "Kinderszenen" were performed as part of the following program.

From Overture in the French style in B minor, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Overture
Passepied

Nocturne op. 118, No.4
Christian Sinding (1856-1941)

Notturno op. 54, No. 4
Edward Grieg (1843-1907)

From children's scenes
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)
Von fremden Menschen und Ländern
Curious story

At the piano Iva Zurbo

"Wonderful music that allows you to let go."

Dr. Philipp Adelung
- Director Meininger Museen -

16.10.2023 - 19:30
Fürstenhaus Weimar

My cycle "Kinderszenen" was premiered as part of the following program.

Overture in the French style in B minor, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Children's scenes
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

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Sonata in B minor for piano
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

"A completely new work, wonderful music that I had the pleasure of developing with my student, Iva Zurbo. This was a great pleasure for me, I enjoyed it very much, especially as one constantly discovers new things."

"I hope that the play will be performed very often."

Christian Wilm Müller
- Prof. for piano HfM Weimar -

14.10.2023 - 16:00
Marie Seebach Foundation Weimar

The time had come. My cycle "Kinderszenen" was previewed as part of the following concert program.

Overture in the French style in B minor, BWV 831
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Children's scenes
Jonathan Helbig (*1991)

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Sonata in B minor for piano
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

At the piano Iva Zurbo

Jonathan Helbig succeeds in a unique and skillful way to allude to Robert Schumann's cycle of the same name, not imitating it, but re-envisioning the underlying concept.

Christian Wilm Müller
- Prof. for piano HfM Weimar -