Events
 

📅 September 20, 2025

IMK-mdw Classical Bridge with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV
Afternoon Concert at Schönbrunn Palace Theater
Saturday, September 20 | 3:30 PM
Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47, 1130 Vienna
 

Soloists:
🎻 Laura Handler, Violin – W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
🎺 Tobias Achleitner, Trombone – G. C. Wagenseil: Trombone Concerto

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📅 May 5, 2026

Bruderherz, Schwesterherz – Sofa Concert
Venue: Stiftung Mozarteum, Wiener Saal
Time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – 7:30 PM
Moderator: Rolando Villazón
 

Performers & Program Highlights:
🎹 Anna Handler (Piano) & 🎻 Laura Handler (Violin)

– Works by Johannes Brahms, Astor Piazzolla, Fritz Kreisler

🎻 Cosima Soulez Larivière (Violin) & 🎻 São Soulez Larivière (Viola)
– Works by Mozart, Béla Bartók, Bohuslav Martinů, Niccolò Paganini

🎻 Moritz Defregger (Violin) & 🎻 Lenz Defregger (Cello)
– Original compositions: Pushing Pulse (2020), Uplift (2021), Wind im Vorhang (2025)
 

Theme:
A celebration of musical siblings – from Mozart and Maria Anna to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn – featuring young artists who share both family ties and musical brilliance.

Tickets: €40 / €30 / €10

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📅 May 21, 2026

Kreutzer Sonata – Violin & Piano Recital
Venue: Fruchthalle Kaiserslautern
Time: Thursday, May 21, 2026 – 7:30 PM

Performers:
🎻 Laura Handler (Violin)
🎹 Anna Handler (Piano)
 

Program:

• Dora Pejačević: Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 43

• Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 108

• Gabriela Ortiz: De Cuerda y Madera for Violin and Piano

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer Sonata)

• Maurice Ravel: Tzigane for Violin and Piano
   

Tickets: 29 € / 23 € / 15.50 €

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Past Performances

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📅 June 28, 2025

Class Recital – Violin Class of Nora Chastain
Joseph-Joachim Hall, University of the Arts Berlin
 

📅 May 6, 2025

Stars & Rising Stars
Program:

• Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2

• Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101
  Performers: Laura Handler (Violin), Yibai Chen (Cello), Gabriele Strata (Piano)
  Lecture: Udo Wachtveitl – Casanova’s Return Home
  Time & Venue: 7:00 PM – Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich
   

📅 April 5, 2025

Soirée – Pearls of Classical Music
Venue: Church of Unterseen, Switzerland
Program Highlights:

• Mozart: Church Sonata KV 336

• Pergolesi: Flute Concerto in G major

• Händel: Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 1

• Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 (1st movement)

• Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major (1st movement)

• Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

• Piazzolla: Oblivion for Oboe and Strings
   

📅 March 7, 2025

New European Strings Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Sainte-Ursule Chapel, Luçon, France
Program: Bach, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov
Conductor: Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Concertmaster: Boris Garlitsky
Soprano: Julia Sitkovetsky
 

📅 February 2, 2025

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor
Venue: Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich
Orchestra: Akademischer Orchesterverband München
Conductor: Alois Rottenaicher
Soloist: Laura Handler
 

📅 February 1, 2025

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor
Venue: KUBIZ, Unterhaching
Orchestra: Akademischer Orchesterverband München
Conductor: Alois Rottenaicher
Soloist: Laura Handler
 

📅 January 31, 2025

Charity Concert – New Moon New Faces
Venue: Hotel Klosterhof, Bayerisch Gmain
Performers: Laura Handler, Anastasis Kluichereva
Program:

• Mozart: Variations on a Minuet by Duport

• Chopin: Sonata No. 2 (1st movement)

• Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor

• Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
   

📅 December 21, 2024

Concert with Trio Fantôme
Venue: Atelier Marcel Hastir, Brussels
Program: Beethoven, Arensky, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn
 

📅 December 15, 2024

Duo Recital
Performers: Laura Handler (Violin), Anna Handler (Piano)
Venue: KWA Stift Rupertihof, Rottach-Egern
 

📅 December 12, 2024

Musical – Mente
Venue: Teatro São João, Porto
Program: Works by Vivaldi
 

📅 November 18, 2024

Violin Class Concert – Prof. Nora Chastain
Venue: Joseph-Joachim Concert Hall, University of the Arts Berlin
 

📅 October 27, 2024

Beethoven Pure – Final Concert
Venue: Augustinum Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Program:

• Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61

• Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
  Soloist: Laura Handler
  Conductor: Alexander Hülshoff
   

📅 October 22, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Bielefeld

📅 October 21, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Konzerthaus Berlin

📅 October 20, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Laeiszhalle Hamburg

📅 October 16, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Liederhalle Stuttgart

📅 October 15, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg

📅 October 14, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Konzerthaus Karlsruhe

📅 October 13, 2024

Beethoven Pure
Venue: Maritim Hotel Bonn

📅 October 5, 2024

Beethoven Pure – Opening Concert
Venue: Landesfunkhaus Hannover

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