Alina Holender

Alina Holender appeared as a soloist with the George Enescu Philharmonic in Bucharest in 2023. Born in Vienna in 1998, she studied there and in Amsterdam and Hanover with teachers including Robert Nagy and Reinhard Latzko, and has taken prizes in Austrian and Romanian competitions. Her Romanian solo debut had come with the Banatul Philharmonic in Timisoara in 2011; the Bucharest appearances, on 23 and 24 November 2023 at the Romanian Athenaeum, brought Schumann's Cello Concerto under Nayden Todorov. Chamber music, orchestral playing and teaching go alongside her solo work. Her studies included a bachelor's programme in Amsterdam from 2019 to 2021 and a master's programme in Hanover from 2021 to 2024.