Helen Maier

Helen Maier is a Swiss vio­lin­ist and musi­cian who cap­ti­vates audi­ences with her infec­tious ener­gy and styl­is­tic open­ness. Raised on Klezmer and Gyp­sy music, she dis­cov­ered her pas­sion for the vio­lin at an ear­ly age. After ini­tial­ly train­ing as a chef, she went on to study jazz with a focus on folk music at the Lucerne Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sci­ences and Arts, where she immersed her­self deeply in folk tra­di­tions, with a par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on Nordic and Celtic folk as well as Swiss tra­di­tion­al music.

She has per­formed on numer­ous stages in Switzer­land and abroad and has col­lab­o­rat­ed with renowned artists such as KUNZ, BLIGG and Philipp Fankhauser, as well as with her own bands, includ­ing Áed. As the band­leader of Helen Maier & The Folks, she blends tra­di­tion­al music with mod­ern influ­ences to cre­ate a dis­tinc­tive sound — a high-ener­gy fusion pow­er folk band.

Awards such as the Gold­ene Lilie, fund­ing sup­port from the Aar­gauer Kura­to­ri­um, and the Swiss Music Award 2022 (with KUNZ) high­light her artis­tic work. Par­tic­u­lar atten­tion was drawn to the project Tavola­ta with BLIGG, which led to tele­vi­sion appear­ances on SRF and sold-out con­certs at the KKL Lucerne, where she per­formed as a soloist. Along­side her con­cert career, Helen Maier is also an inspir­ing vio­lin teacher, ded­i­cat­ed to pass­ing on musi­cal diver­si­ty and the joy of mak­ing music.