FORBES ORGAN SERIES: Amelie Held

Known for her red organ shoes, organist Amelie Held has quickly become an internationally acclaimed artist, regularly performing on stages in 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 and the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Concert Hall as well as major cathedrals in the world’s most important music centres, such as Leipzig, Hamburg, Lübeck, Milan, Paris, Zurich, London, Boston and New York City.

She has a broad repertoire, both as a soloist and with orchestra and chamber ensemble, ranging from early music to contemporary compositions as well as her own transcriptions. The Diapason named her a member of the “20 under 30” Class of 2023.

Miss Held studied organ and violin at the conservatories of Paris, Stuttgart and Milan and has an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School in New York.