•Guitarist, Recording Artist and Master Teacher with more than 35 years of professional experience.
•Executive Music Producer and Featured Artist of Award Winning Music Documentary.
•Recording Studio Owner, Producer and Mixing Engineer at Lucky Cat Studios.
Career Highlights
Jay Messina • "Everyday People" coverversion by Glenn Kidd 2020
CEO Lucky Cat Studios • 2017-Present
Christian Mc Bride Presents: • Antoinette Henry • 2016
Madonna • Guitar Tutor for David & Rocco • 2015
Kelly O’Hara • Say Gala feat. Sam Rockwell • 2015
Bill Withers • SAY Gala 2014
The Meredith Viera Show • Theme Song • 2014
Carnegie Hall • O Sole Trio/ Beverly Taki • 2014
Carmen Browne • Cloud Ballet EP • UK SoulCharts-No.1 • 2013
America's Got Talent • NBC Season 7 • 2012
Katie Couric • Recording for "KATIE" • 2012
Katie Couric • DREAM BENEFIT • 2012
Lincoln Center • SPIROS SOUKIS • 2012
David Seidler • Our Time Benefit Gala for “The Kings Speech” • 2011 (feat. David Seidler & Carly Simon)
Lucy Woodward Music Video •" Ragdoll " • (Verve Records) 2011
Carly Simon • Our Time Benefit Gala 2010 • (featuring Edie Falco, Paul Rudd)
Duncan Sheik (feat. Holly Brook) •“All I Want is Love” • 2009
Music Video • "Love You From Afar (featuring Brit Marling) • 2009
Peter Bernstein & The Eddy Bishai Trio • 2009
CBS Television •The Guiding Light Katrina Relief Concert with Brad Cole and the Saturday Night Live Band • 2006
Hero Award • Music Video • "Bleib’ Mir Treu" • Conceived & Directed by Hendrik Helmer • Magdeburg , Germany • 2005
Wyclef Jean & the CARL RESTIVO BAND •Platinum Records • 2003
Music Documentary Award • Hendrik Helmer • Frankfurt • 2000
Juilliard School of Music • Consultant and Teacher • 2000
Former Students - Now Famous!
Sarah Solovay (Solly),Sabrina Titelbaum (Blondshell, Aiden Berglund (Grimson)
Online CD Releases - ITUNES/AMAZON
Hugging Perfect Strangers •1999
Life in the Loop • 2001
Love you From Afar (single) • 2009
Tales of Lost Love •2012
Take Me As I Am • Kiki Voss EP • 2013
Wie Wo Warum • Roland Bergmann Promo EP • 2018
Greer Baxter • Bleed EP • 2018
Devonee B. • Believe • 2019 (Production)
Devonee B feat. Hendrik Helmer • Something’s there • 2019
Michelle Bettencourt • New Normal EP • 2019
Keith Ward • Cliffside EP • 2019
Glenn Kidd • You’re in love with me • 2019 (Co Production/Mix)
Greer Baxter • 5th and Madison • 2019 (Co Production)
Glenn Kidd • Everyday People • 2020
Online Music Videos
"Love You From Afar" • 2009
"Tales of Lost Love" • 2012
"If There is a Heaven" • 2012
"The Same" • 2012
"Better Days" • 2012
"Don’t Wanna Make You Mine" Kiki Voss • 2013
"Take Me As I Am" Kiki Voss • 2013
"God in Drag" Glenn Kidd • 2013
“Go Love Yourself” Glenn Kidd • 2015
Featured Guitarist on CD Releases with Various Artists
Amber • "My Kind of World" • 2004
"Listen" featuring Carly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Forte • 2009
"Holedelic" • Everett Bradley • 2010
"You're the Same As Me" • Gigi Fouquet • 2010
"Red Light" • Kiku Collins • 2011
"Bethesda" •Sasha di Bona • 2013
Carmen Browne • Cloud Ballet EP • 2014
Carmen Browne • 2018
Greer Baxter • Bleed • 2019
Keith Ward • Everything to me • 2019
Devonne B • Believe • 2019
Henry Dee • Talking 'bout you and me • 2019
Recorded & Performed With:
Kelly O’ Hara, Carly Simon, Duncan Sheik, Katie Couric, Maxwell, John Forte, Lucy Woodward , Robert Glasper, Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Shawn Pelton, Keith Carlock, Elaine Caswell, Tabatha Fair, Curtis King, Everett Bradley, Lucy Woodward, Lorenza Ponce, Tommy Mandel, Marc Shulman, Oz Noy, Conrad Korsch, Winston Roye, Charnett Moffett, Jerry Jemmott and Tim Lefevbre.
Actors: Oscar Isaac, Brit Marling, Sam Rockwell , Kevin Kline, John Olivier, Brian Cox (Succession)Mandy Patinkin (Homeland), Edie Falco, Victor Garber, Dominic Fumusa (Nurse Jackie), Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), John Olivier (John Stewart), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under, Brad Cole (The Guiding Light),
Music Clinics:
Music Clinic at the Conservatory Enschede • Holland • 2003
Berkley College of Music • Workshop with Nippy Noya • Germany •1996
DVD's:
Hendrik Helmer Live at Hafenfest Germany •2003
FENDER Instructional Video featuring guitarist Keith Wyatt • 2001
Amber My Kind of World • 2003
Education:
Mannes Jazz Program New School for Social Research NYC • 1997
BFA Degree • Hogeschool Enschede Conservatorium • Holland 1998
Languages:
English • Dutch • German • French
