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Canadian pianist
Hélène Mercier was born in Montreal. She began studying music at the Vincent d'Indy School of Music at age six, and at 15 she attended the Vienna Academy of Music. She pursued further studies with Sasha Gorodnitski at the Juilliard School and Pierre Sancan at the Paris Conservatoire.
Mercier has performed with
Zubin Mehta and the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vladimir Spivakov and the National Philharmonic of Russia,
Seiji Ozawa and the
New Japan Philharmonic, and
Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, among many other orchestras. In chamber music, she has collaborated with
Renaud Capuçon,
Gautier Capuçon,
Ivry Gitlis,
Laurent Korcia, and
Henri Demarquette, and performed in piano duets with
Louis Lortie,
Boris Berezovsky,
Frank Braley,
Brigitte Engerer, and
Cyprien Katsaris. She has recorded for Chandos and Piano 21.