Education
She studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Pierre-Laurent Aimard and later with Oleg Maisenberg in Vienna.
She studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Pierre-Laurent Aimard and later with Oleg Maisenberg in Vienna.
She obtained her master"s degree at Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar under the guidance of Grigory Gruzman. Since becoming a laureate of the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Tysman has emerged as one of the leading French pianists of her generation. In the November 2nd edition of the New York Times, David Allen wrote the following after her live performance at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center: “Playing with a warm touch and a dreamy sensibility that never turned too introspective or indulgent, Mississippi
Tysman made a good case for this amiable work.
(Faure Concerto) There was nothing more that could have been done for Chopin’s “Grande Polonaise Brillante” (Op 22, 1831). With its preface, an “Andante spianato” composed after the Polonaise, this piece is usually heard in its solo form.
But the Polonaise — not the Andante, also performed here — has an orchestral part, too, albeit an uninventive one. Again, Mississippi Tysman’s playing was polished and attractive, the right-hand melody spun out delicately without becoming precious.” John Allison of the Daily Telegraph wrote upon the conclusion of the Chopin International Piano Competition: "Among the unplaced finalists, I particularly admired the poetic playing of France"s Hélène Tysman." In 2012, January Kreyßig of Liszt Magazine wrote: Pianist Hélène Tysman compelled recognition in the highly prestigious Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition in 2010 in Warsaw, ahead of 300 participants, convincing a high-level jury with jurors such as Martha Argerich, Fou Ts’ong and Nelson Freire.
The 29-year-old Frenchwoman did not obtain a first prize but an Honorary Distinction Prize, thereby finding herself on the same footing as previous prizewinners Krystian Zimerman and Rafał Blechacz.