Helga Storck is among the most renowned harpists in Germany.

She was born in Upper Silesia and began her music studies there, before moving from Poland to German. She continued studying at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, and subsequently in New York at the Juilliard School of Music, with the French harpist and pedagogue Marcel Grandjany.

Her marriage to the well-known cellist Klaus Storck led to a duo who performed together for decades, attracting worldwide attention.

Because of her constant interest in new music, many German and Polish composers wrote solo harp, and duos for harp and cello for her. These include works by Harald Genzmer, Günter Baals, Friedhelm Döhl, Aribert Reimann, Giselher Klebe, Michael Denhoff, Tadeusz Baird, Krzysztof Meyer, and others.

Helga Storck has also been engaged by many leading German symphony orchestras. At only the age of 19, she was the youngest ever principal harpist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra. She continued her extraordinary career at the Hamburg State Opera, followed by the Munich Philharmonic under Sergiu Celibidache.

Her records and CDs have been recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, Vox, Calig, Colosseum, Polskie Nagrania, Erato and Philips.

Helga Storck has been Professor of harp at the music colleges of Cologne, Munich, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and at the Akademia Muzyczna in Katowice.

Her former students hold important positions in orchestras all over the world.

Helga Storck is the recipient of several cultural awards, such as the Silesian Culture Award, and the Polish Culture Award - Gloria Artis. These confirm her international standing as a leading representative of her profession.