David Helfand

Thanks to the Register-Guard for highlighting our run of shows at the Science Factory Planetarium. What a cool presentation of the article in the weekly Arts section with an amazing illustration. You can read the story here, and this was… { READ MORE }

Experience a musical performance like no other with Through the Portal — the new instrumental album written by harpist David Helfand and violist Justin Lader set to fulldome space-themed visualizations under our 40 foot planetarium dome! Through the Portal is an epic… { READ MORE }

My co-musician and violist extraordinaire Justin Lader and I are happy to announce we will be returning to the San Fransisco Bay area in late June for a short tour. We will be playing at the Walnut Creek library in… { READ MORE }

Here is “From a Distant Time” from a performance at the Cozmic venue in Eugene, Ore., in April 2014. It features Justin Lader and I with the Majestic Ensemble, which includes Jeff Schenck (bass) and Mark Hurwit (percussion).

Here is “Simba’s Dance” from a performance at the Cozmic venue in Eugene, Ore., in April 2014. It features Justin Lader and I with the Majestic Ensemble, which includes Jeff Schenck (bass) and Mark Hurwit (percussion).