Welcome to HeliStudio – where music lives
Wie de geschiedenis van de Baltische staten een beetje kent, heeft vast al wel eens van de Zingende Revolutie gehoord. Voor Estland, Letland en Litouwen is dit een voorbeeld hoe muziek kracht en moed aan mensen kan geven. Heli Jakobson en Triin Tamm hebben deze bijzondere jaren beleefd als jonge kinderen en hebben hierdoor geleerd hoe muziek je kan helpen om je eigen weg te vinden in het leven.
Muziek maakt je kwetsbaar en tegelijkertijd ook krachtig. Geen wonder dus dat de wereld van HeliStudio doordrongen is van dit besef.
HeliStudio is een plek waar het beste van Estland gedeeld wordt, vooral op vlak van muziek.
In de lessen van Heli staat pianospelen gelijk met spreken met je vingers. Zo leer je jouw mening en gevoelens vertolken in muziek. In de lessen met de kleutersdraait het vooralrond het ontdekken van een eigen klank. Verder zijn zowel schoolkinderen als volwassenen welkom om hun pianoverhaal waar te maken.
Triin brengt dit allemaal in beeld. Ze ontwerpt inspirerende concertposters en maakt foto’s tijdens de evenementen van HeliStudio. Als de drukke dagen in HeliStudio voorbij zijn, speelt ze cello en werkt ze als bedrijfsadviseur.
Heli Jakobson is pianiste. Triin Tamm is grafische ontwerper.
Ze komen allebei uit Estland, maar ze hebben elkaar leren kennen in Antwerpen (dankzij Triin haar schoonmoeder en Gazet Van Antwerpen), waar Triin terechtkwam via haar werk in Zuid-Afrika en Heli na haar universiteitsjaren in Noorwegen.
Triin en Heli zijn trotse mama’s. Met hun kids spreken ze Ests.
In dagelijks leven spreken ze in Nederlands, maar als er iets te vieren is, zeggen ze wel ‘terviseks!’ – dat betekent gezondheid in Ests.
Neem een kijk in HeliStudio wereld.
We hopen dat je vindt wat je zoekt!
Muzikale groeten,
Heli & Triin
Komende Evenementen
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Ik kijk al uit naar morgen avond en overmorgen en over-overmorgen ook - dat de cijfers maar goed blijven dalen, zodat concerten met live publiek weer mogelijk zullen zijn...
Nu zijn het de laatste speciale uren mijn Piano Diary te bestellen, want morgen rond 17u is het tijd tussen de verkochte boeken één nummertje te trekken en te zien wie van jullie wint een gratis huisconcert van mij!
Ik vind dat dromen moet kunnen, het helpt vooruitzichten te creëren.
Een huisconcert te spelen voor iemand die mijn pianoboek heeft gekocht, is voor mij een leuke post-corona droom.
Hier gaan we voor!
Elk boek is genummerd, kijk verder op de website welke nummers nog beschikbaar zijn en plaats je bestelling vóór morgen 17u! 🙏
Tot morgen avond!🏠🎹🤞
www.helistudio.be/pianodiary
#pianomusic #estonianmusic #madeinbelgium #ikkooplokaal #muziek #coronatijd #orderonline #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout #antwerpen
Wrapping up 2020 with one more recording day. It was the year where most music in Helistudio was made behind closed doors.
Where the only way to continue piano lessons was working from distance on 2 instruments.
It was the year where i witnessed students going through lots of emotions and i couldn’t reach out as much...
It was the year when i personally did my very best to choose positivity over fear.
We all have our own personal veil falling over 2020 soon. No need to keep looking back for too long, because mortality is part of every single day of our lives. Maybe we had forgotten it in our increasingly multitasking lifestyle? This year was all about learning to live parallel with deadly virus and it simply reminds us how fragile we are...
How fragile life is.
That’s why i believe in music so much - it also consists of so many losses, but the willingness to try one more time always wins!
Play on, keep up your practice and stay curious behind your piano!
#musicislife #dowhatmakesyouhappy #beyoudoyou #piano #pianolessons #musicbringspeopletogether #coronatime #antwerpen #borgerhout #helistudio_be
Today is recording day @ Helistudio.
There’s so much seriously beautiful music happening in my classroom, that it would be very unmusical not to try to share it.
2020 has been the year where we have to prove that culture is necessary, it mirrors our level of humanity. We have to find ways to reach out to each other.
Next to the news about daily corona-stats or the number of ‘lockdown parties’ that the police has managed to close down, i want to share something more hopeful with you: music made by people who work in social services, police, television and in the end of the day no matter what they’ve experienced, they come home and play piano too. They make music on top of everything else. Not to be the best, but just to be more themselves.
Here’s a little example of what’s in the playlist tonight. So happy that Sofie @deboissof found her way to Helistudio!
#proudofmystudents #practicemakesprogress #dowhatmakesyouhappy #beyoudoyou #coversong #bobdylan #musicislife #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout #districtborgerhout #antwerpen #happyatspilleman
Few words from our hearts to yours: Merry Xmas! 💫 Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen!
#christmas #goodvibes #sing #kidsrule #loveislove #motherhood #wishingwell #alwaysbelieve #somethingwonderful #happyatspilleman #borgerhout #antwerpen
Reportage over Piano Diary C-19 voor @atvbe! Heel blij en dankbaar voor grotere klankbord te kunnen bereiken in verband met mijn eerste composities voor solo piano.
Piano Diary C-19 is te bestellen in www.helistudio.be
#mymusic #estonianmusic #madeinbelgium #dowhatyoulove #playpiano #happyatspilleman #borgerhout #helistudio_be #antwerpen #musicbringspeopletogether
Time to wrap up 2020. Helistudio piano tribe won’t fit in one post, so here’s Part 2 about Victor @zee_zucht, Frieda @friedaligtvoet Titus and Aimée @sannevanlooy.
What’s music? I believe it’s something about shining eyes and serious faces - these kids here know exactly what i mean!
Piano asks lots of patience, but in return we always get something we didn’t expect, but it makes us feeling proud and grateful.
This year was so much more silent in Helistudio than ever expected... Yet unexpected times like these also teach us something - i believe every student has especially this year discovered how peace of mind literally comes piece by piece.
Thank you for the music!
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#gratitude #practicemakesprogress #dowhatmakesyouhappy #stayfocused #shiningeyes #playpiano #helistudio_be #borgerhout #antwerpen
Time to start to wrap up 2020. Helistudio piano tribe won’t fit in one post, so here’s Part 1 about Julie, Wolf and Lux.
This year was so much more silent than expected, but weekly piano lessons continued and last lesson week has been all about small family-bubble concerts 🙂
Julie @liesbethbeirinckx always brings extra spark to her lessons. Wolf @eva.vandenbroeck.71 is fearless and ready for bigger concerts! Lux @luxashley_ her performance of Maximillian’s Masterplan @pieterdegraafmusic at Piano Marathon in september is still sounding vividly in my mind. Thank you all for your efforts keeping up with the unexpected times we had in 2020.
#gratitude #practicemakesprogress #dowhatmakesyouhappy #stayfocused #playpiano #helistudio_be #borgerhout #antwerpen
Let’s tango with Mia @mia.et.moi ! 💃🕺👋
This week we have family bubble-concerts @helistudio_be ! Audience is smaller than what the students are normally used to, but 2020 is the year where #lessismore
Let’s do the best within the limits. Let’s keep each other safe. Play piano! 🎹🏡💫
#pianoplayer #pianolessons #pianoduo #practicemakesprogress #coronatime #bethechangeyouwanttosee #playpiano #dance #tango #soulful_moments #helistudio_be #borgerhout #antwerpen
Eventually all roads lead to Bach!
Always very powerful moment when students play their first pieces by Bach and discover the joy and wonder in it!
#workinprogress #practicemakesprogress #pianolessons #dowhatmakesyouhappy #focusedmind #playpiano #beinthemoment #helistudio_be #borgerhout
The most #specialdelivery of 2020 has arrived! 💯numbered and signed Piano Diary’s are ready for pick up @ Helistudio or delivery!👋
So excited, humbled, happy, grateful, amazed, impressed, surprised and 100 more feelings going through my mind at this moment...
This year has been anything but easy, yet always filled with Music. I wish the same for you - the times when the silence starts to frighten you, go to your piano and play! Let it go and see what happens. The pieces in my Piano Diary were born out of such moments.
There are few magical numbers still available, order your copy of this score book at www.helistudio.be
#firsttime #specialdelivery #happymoments #mymusic #estonianmusic #madeinbelgium #ikkoopbelgisch #soulful_moments #trusttheprocess #playpiano #pianomusic #readytoorder #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout #antwerpen
Een klein nieuwsgierig meisje kijkt door Helistudio raam en denkt: wat gebeurt hier allemaal?
Wel, je kijkt naar De Notenspotters - ze zijn overal te vinden - soms boven op de piano, of soms verstoppen ze zich ook onder de vleugel, maar fotografe @triintamm weet ze altijd te vinden 🙂 In deze dagen zijn de notenspotters druk bezig met voorbereiding voor het Knuffel Concert! De helft van het publiek is gisteren al aangekomen 🙂 video opname van het concert is volgende week woensdag!
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#concerttime #gettingready #muziekles #kidsrule #bethechange #dowhatyoulove #knuffel #muziekbrengtmensensamen #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout
Slight change of plans in Helistudio: here seems to be your piano teacher for this afternoon @helistudio_be
Queen Neboela has very specific taste in piano music - good luck! 🙂
#changeofplans #catsrule #pianolessons #enjoyingthemoment #myfavoriteplace #helistudio_be #borgerhout
Dear friends, day in and out i see pianists in all ages learning their first notes and working on bigger projects. I love teaching piano because it reminds me always how vulnerable it is for everyone. Today is big milestone moment: you’re finally welcome to pre-order my first score book Piano Diary C-19. Printed scores along with recording.
I composed these 6 pieces during lockdown in spring. The first source of inspiration was the sudden loaded silence and also missing the interaction with my students.
Music gives expression for empty spaces in our heart and mind. This is what this Piano Diary is all about.
This is my first work as composer. Thank you all for the inspiration!
www.helistudio.be
#firsttime #release #heli #mymusic #pianomusic #estonianmusic #coronatime #madeinbelgium #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout
The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams today and sing every wednesday @ Helistudio! 🙂
Nog 2 weken en het is showtime voor De Notenspotters - knuffelen mag in deze dagen niet zomaar, maar een Knuffel Concert komt er aan! 🥁💫😉🤞
📷 @triintamm
#gettingready #workinprogress #practicing #joy #kidsrule #musicbringspeopletogether #inspired #helistudio_be #borgerhout
Magic is what you make. Play piano and find out!
Always grateful for musical happy-hours like this one here with Jo @jvande72 💫
#dowhatmakesyouhappy #becurious #beyoudoyou #pianolessons #pianomusic #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout
There are lots of special things to strive for by still keeping the distance these days... I sincerely hope that we will get back to the future with heartwarming house concerts and gatherings @ Helistudio. Listening to music played live from heart to heart is better than watching well edited video... So looking forward to the days when we can come together to celebrate the little wonders happening at Helistudio. Music brings people together!
Here’s a sweet memory of Mia giving her first concert performance 3 years ago.
#missingthosedays #concertvibes #pianopractice #dowhatyoulove #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout
The loveliest piano principessa’s @ Helistudio.
It’s never too late or too early to get in touch with music - all it takes is serious amount of dedication.
#pianolessons #momdaughter #connection #practicemakesprogress #dowhatmakesyouhappy #bethechangeyouwanttosee #dedication #helistudio_be #borgerhout
Peace of mind in playing the piano comes piece by piece.
Go for the music which requires the extra mile of effort from yourself. Challenges in piano lessons often turn into moments which eventually end with big smile and enthusiastic ‘aha!’ experience.
Feeling so much gratitude for all those special moments and the inspiring people i meet day in and out @helistudio_be !
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#practicemakesprogress #dowhatmakesyouhappy #seriousfun #pianolessons #extramile #musicbringspeopletogether #borgerhout #helistudio_be
I believe that beautiful piano playing starts by being yourself and loving the instrument.
So happy to have Frieda @friedaligtvoet @ Helistudio - such a bright soul full of love for music!
#firstlessons #pianolessons
#practicemakesprogress #musicislife #connected #beyou #dowhatyoulove #musicbringspeopletogether #helistudio_be #borgerhout
Every student brings different energy along and great surprises never end! The cool thing about people i meet in Helistudio is: they’re serious about learning the piano. So, about that - I have couple of shortcuts how to make playing with pedal a little bit easier: wear high heels!
So, here is Ingeborg and today she had wonderful excuse to bring her beautiful wedding heels to the pianolesson - ‘the pedal! 🙂
One of those hartwarming moments of gratitude for all these good vibes in my classroom!
#goodvibesonly #weddingheels #practicemakesprogress #becurious #pianolessons #musicbringspeopletogether #gratitude #helistudio_be #borgerhout