David Handler
David Handler (born July 24, 1980) is a composer, violinist/violist, and entrepreneur. He has collaborated with leading classical performers and popular artists alike, and has received premieres and commissions from Lincoln Center, BAM, and Central Park’s Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. Handler is the co-founder and owner of (Le) Poisson Rouge as well as the founder and co-artistic director of Ensemble LPR, for which the New Yorker referred to him as “the Ian Schrager of the music scene.” Handler’s speaking engagements include Lincoln Center, New York University, and Johns Hopkins University, and he sits on the boards of CavanKerry Press and the David Lynch Foundation. He is a citizen of the United States and Ireland; he lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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