Biography

Helen Nebeker is a pianist and music educator based in Oregon. In her career, Helen has performed in venues across the continental United States, Germany, Austria, France, and Taiwan. Some of Helen’s competition highlights include awards at the 2024 MTNA Oregon State Young Artists Division and the 2022 Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition (MSM). Currently, Helen teaches privately through Nebeker Music Studio, and co-teaches both online and in-person in Texas. Students from her studio have gone on to attend schools like Indiana University, Stanford University, and Texas A&M University.

Helen is working on her DMA at the University of Oregon, with previous degrees from the Manhattan School of Music (MM) and the Cleveland Institute of Music (BM). Her teachers include Dr. Daniel Shapiro, Alexandre Moutouzkine, and Dr. Brian Hsu. During her education, Helen worked as president of the UO MTNA collegiate chapter and represented the keyboard department in the MSM Student Government Association. In the 2025-2026 year, she wrote and presented at The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025, Context Conference 2025 (Eastman School of Music), and the 2026 MTNA National Conference.

Helen’s artistic goals are to curate solo recital programs with underrepresented Romantic and contemporary composers, and to continue researching four-hand music, solo jazz piano, and the history of pianistic virtuosity. Outside of music, Helen’s hobbies include writing, playing video games, cosplaying, and reading science fiction.