RAPPOLDI-KAHRER, Laura

Laura Rappoldi (14 January 1853 – 2 August 1925) was a pianist and composer from Austria-Hungary. Already at the age of eleven, she wrote her own compositions. In 1868, she won first prize in a competition for piano and composition. She and her family also made concert tours of Germany, Poland and Russia in the 1870s. In 1885 and 1886, she travelled with Amalie Joachim on a European tour through Germany, Austria, Russia, Switzerland and Hungary. Chamber music evenings were popular, where Rappoldi performed together with her husband (later also her son). The Kingdom of Saxony appointed her Royal Saxon Chamber Virtuoso in 1879.