Pablo Held (*27.12.1986) grew up in a family of musicians in Hagen, Germany. From an early age on he was introduced to music from different backgrounds. At the age of four he took drumming lessons and with ten he moved on to the piano. At eighteen he began his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne under John Taylor and Hubert Nuss.

Pablo gained most attention with his trio but he is also a sought after sideman in various projects in the European jazz scene. He already collaborated with Dave Liebman, Jasper Blom, Till Brönner, Jochen Rückert, Uli Beckerhoff, Ignaz Dinné, Eric Vloeimans, Nicolas Thys, Matthias Nadolny, Claudio Puntin, Claus Stötter, Manfred Schoof, Julian Argüelles, WDR BigBand, Paul Heller, Henning Sieverts, Dre Pallemaerts and Nils Wogram.

Pablo is the recipient of the Westfalen-Jazzpreis 2009 and the WDR Jazzprice 2011.

Pablo went on concert tours to the USA, England, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Denmark, Russia, the Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia, Holland, Switzerland, Ireland, Austria, Luxemburg and Serbia.

He has published three CDs with the german label Pirouet Records and his trio with Robert Landfermann (bass) and Jonas Burgwinkel (drums) performed at international festivals such as the London Jazz Festival, the Berlin Jazzfest and the North Sea Jazz Festival.