“A future World Star”

- Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung

Known for her red organ shoes, organist Amelie Held is an internationally acclaimed artist who regularly performs on stages throughout Europe and the United States. Her solo concert activities include performances at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Philharmonie Essen, the Konzerthalle Bamberg, the Konzerthaus Dortmund, the Helsinki Music Center, the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo and the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Concert Hall as well as major cathedrals in the world’s most important music centres, such as Leipzig, Hamburg, Milan, Paris, Zurich, London, Boston and New York City.

Her broad repertoire as a soloist and collaborative musician spans early music to contemporary compositions, including her own transcriptions. Deeply committed to teaching and mentorship, Amelie serves as Director of Organ Studies and a member of the faculty of the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) Summer Institute in Paris.

Raised in Munich, Germany, in a non-musician family, Amelie released her debut album at the young age of 22 and has won several prizes at international organ competitions. She was one of the youngest finalists of the prestigious French Concours International de Chartres (2018). The Diapason named her a member of the “20 under 30” Class of 2023.

Extensive training with the most internationally renowned professors in her field has taken Amelie throughout Europe and to the United States of America. She studied organ, piano and violin from a young age and became a pupil in the organ class of Heidi Emmert at the Regensburg Academy of Music. She went on to study violin and organ at the University of Music Detmold, Germany and the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris, France (B.A. in both majors). Her teachers there included Martin Sander, Michel Bouvard and Olivier Latry. She completed her master's degrees with top marks at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart where she studied organ with Ludger Lohmann and both harpsichord and organ in the field of early music with Lorenzo Ghielmi in Milan, Italy. She currently lives in New York City, where she graduated with an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, having studied with Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs.

In addition to music, Amelie is passionate about literature and speaks four languages fluently. In her free time, she pursues her passion for fitness and riding motorcycles.