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Basic


First Name:

Andrew

Last Name:

Byun

City:

Boston

State:

MA

Country:

USA

First Year:

2023

Last Year:

2025


Biography


About:

Andrew Byun is a Canadian cellist who has appeared in masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Jian Wang, and Frans Helmerson among others and collaborated with artists such as the Borromeo Quartet, Rainer Schmidt, Hagai Shaham, Erin Keefe, Paul Huang, and Paul Neubauer. Andrew has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts and has been featured on the WMFT, WQXR, and NPR radio stations. A passionate chamber musician, he has performed at festivals including Music@Menlo, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Verbier Festival Academy, Taos School of Music, I-M-S Prussia Cove, and La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest. In 2022, he was a semi-finalist at the Isang Yun Competition. Andrew graduated from Northwestern University (BM/BA) studying Philosophy/Cello Performance and from The Juilliard School (MM). He has studied with Natasha Brofsky, Hans Jorgen Jensen, Myung-wha Chung.

Current Primary Activity(ies):

Student

Education:

NEC

Degree:

GD

Other Teachers:

Hans Jorgen Jensen, Natasha Brofsky, Myung-wha Chung