Hélène Tysman, born in December 1982, won first prize at the International Chopin Competition in Darmstadt in 2006. She is a prize winner at other international competitions in England (Newport), Germany (Nauen), China (Hong-Kong) and USA (Minneapolis), and has received prizes of the Cziffra Foundation in Senlis (France) and of the Chopin Foundation in Hannover.
Today, Hélène Tysman is one of the most soughtafter Chopin interpreters, especially in her French homeland.