Bio
About Helga
Dr. Helga Scheibert began her musical training at the High School of Arts in Targu Mures, Transylvania at age 7.
She has experience performing with orchestras both as a soloist and collaborator. She has performed several solo and chamber recitals in the U.S. and in Europe and had performances broadcast on Romanian National Radio, West Virginia Public Radio. She is the winner of numerous piano auditions and competitions including Duquesne University Concerto Competition, Intersection of Classical and Jazz Piano Competition, Pittsburgh Concert Society.
She holds a Bachelor in Piano Performance from Gheorghe Dima Music Academy (Romania), Artist Diploma and Masters from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh), and a Doctorate in Piano Performance from West Virginia University (Morgantown).
Currently she serves as faculty at Carnegie Mellon Preparatory School, also teaches at Hope Academy and Seton Center School of Music in Pittsburgh.
She enjoys composing, improvising, and experimenting with classical, jazz, folk, and modern music.
Since 2020, she released two albums with her own compositions for piano and keyboard, called Space Christmas, and Mirror Image.