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Pablo Held

Pablo Held is a pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, podcaster, and educator whose long-running trio anchors a broad collaborative catalog.

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Career Overview

About Pablo Held

Held’s official biography presents a German pianist and composer whose trio with bassist Robert Landfermann and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel has remained a central project. It separately documents his work as educator, producer, and host of the Pablo Held Investigates podcast.[1]

The artist-run Hopalit catalog distinguishes trio, solo, commissioned, and collaborative recordings. Projects with John Scofield, Chris Potter, Nelson Veras, and other musicians appear as specific editions rather than permanent trio membership.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, and composer

Pablo Held Trio

The long-running trio with Robert Landfermann and Jonas Burgwinkel is the central continuity in Held’s catalog.[1][2]

Artist-label founder, producer, and leader

Hopalit Records

Held’s artist-run label preserves trio, solo, commissioned, and collaborative recordings.[2]

Host and interviewer

Pablo Held Investigates

The interview archive documents Held’s separate work in extended musician-to-musician conversations.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2008

Forest of Oblivion

Trio leader, pianist, and composer

The debut establishes the Landfermann-Burgwinkel trio at the beginning of Held’s leader chronology.[1][2]

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2014

The Trio Meets John Scofield

Trio leader, pianist, and composer

The project documents Scofield as a guest within the trio’s established framework.[2]

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2025

Trio Live at Alte Oper

Trio leader and pianist

The later concert recording captures the trio’s long-developed ensemble language in performance.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Hopalit Records catalog

Stream Held’s trio, solo, commissioned, and collaborative artist-label editions.

Pablo Held Meets

Watch the artist-curated performance and collaboration series from Held’s video archive.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Pablo Held. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project history

    Pablo Held

  2. [2] Artist-run recording catalog

    Hopalit Records