ANDREW ENG, violinist and violist, has gained a reputation playing such diverse genres as Baroque, Classical, Tango, Jazz and Contemporary music. A founding member of A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, and Kalistos Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Mr. Eng is also violinist for the Bernardo Monk Tango Quartet, the Chagall-Boston String Quartet, the Found Objects Jazz String Trio of Boston, and the Chatham string trio. He has been a frequent Guest Artist on both the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music and Longy School of Music’s Modern American Music Concert series. Mr. Eng currently serves as Assistant Concertmaster of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Principal 2nd of the Manhattan Symphonie, and Principal Viola of the Masterworks Chorale in Boston. Festival appearances include Spoleto, Orford, Domaine Forget, LyricaFest, Killington and the Quartet Program at Bucknell University. Eng has collaborated as a soloist with Elmar Oliveira and the Lyrica Chamber Orchestra, in chamber music with Eugene Drucker, Terry King, Victor Rosenbaum, Joseph Robinson and has improvised with musicians including Daniel Binelli, George Garzone, Diane Monroe, and Peter Cassino. In 1998, Andrew received his A.R.C.T. Performer’s Certificate from the Royal Conservatory in Toronto, Canada, and then in 2003 and 2005 respectively received his Undergraduate Diploma in Performance and Master of Music in Modern American Music at the Longy School of Music as a student of Laura Bossert and Peter Cassino.
