Mathilde Handelsman
Mathilde Handelsman
Lecturer
Department of Music
Spanning the repertoire across Europe and the United States, Mathilde Handelsmanâs career as a piano soloist and collaborative musician has led her to perform under conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Thomas AdĂšs, Stefan Asbury and Luigi Gaggero. Highlights from recent and current seasons include chamber performances alongside Yo-Yo Ma, Nicolas Namoradze and Stephen Drury at the Tanglewood Music Festival, as well as an upcoming solo debut at Carnegie Hall in 2022. Handelsmanâs debut solo album, âImages,â featuring Claude Debussyâs complete works of 1903-1907, was released in 2020 (Sheva). A collaborative album devoted to new commissions for woodwinds and piano by Roger Boutry will be released next year. Handelsmanâs work as a poet includes two published volumes in French by Edilivre, âPrĂ©-sageâ (2016) and âLâAbsurde GĂ©nie des fleursâ (2017). She has won prizes at national and international piano competitions in France including Concours International dâIle-de-France, Concours de Chatou, Claude Kahn, U.F.A.M., and 1st prize at the Young Artists Competition of AlĂšs. Earlier this year, she won first prize in the American ProtĂ©gĂ© International Concerto Competition. Handelsman holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from Shenandoah University, a Performer Diploma from Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and an M.M. and B.M. from AcadĂ©mie SupĂ©rieure de Musique de Strasbourg. Handelsman teaches applied and collaborative piano at UNH.