A native of Massachusetts, violinist Samuel Andonian is currently a Master of Music student at The Juilliard School, studying with Catherine Cho. He was previously an undergraduate student of Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory. Samuel has been a soloist with orchestras such as the Boston Pops Orchestra, the New England Philharmonic, and the Boston Youth Symphony. Other of his solo performances include the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening gala, and NPR’s radio show From the Top. As a chamber musician, Samuel has participated in NEC’s Honors Chamber Music program, and won the junior silver prize in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. As an orchestral musician, Samuel has been a concertmaster of NEC’s Philharmonia, Symphony, and Chamber Orchestra, and was a concertmaster of the Boston Youth Symphony for three seasons.
Samuel has attended festivals such as The Perlman Music Program, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Pablo Casals Festival Academie, and the Heifetz International Music Institute. At various festivals, Samuel has studied with artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Frank Huang, Ilya Kaler, Mihaela Martin, and members of the Juilliard and Cleveland string quartets. Additionally, Samuel has been chamber music faculty at NEC’s Preparatory School, and is a violin-sectionals coach at the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He has also worked as an intern, and performed with Music for Food, a musician-led initiative, run by Artistic Director Kim Kashkashian, which collects donations from performances to fight food insecurity in local
communities.
