Andrew Eng, violinist and violist has gained a versatile reputation playing such diverse genres as Baroque, Classical, Tango, Jazz and Contemporary music. Eng’s playing has been noted as “intense and powerfully emotional”(Classical New Jersey) and by The New Jersey Star Ledger, as having an “instinct for the emotional pulse of the line.”
As a child, Andrew spent an equal amount of time between music and sports. In 1994, in the 110 Meter Hurdles, he won the city finals, and placed sixth in the province. The following year he was a starting running back for the City Championship winning High School football team which had a perfect season. At the 2004 MacArthur Cup at Harvard, playing as a substitute for Queens University, Eng scored the game winning goal versus and later the same evening played the goalie position earning a shutout victory over Harvard and carrying the team to the finals against Yale. He continues to play hockey locally in the Greater Boston Area.
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 and Master of Music at the Longy School of Music as a student of Laura Bossert and Peter Cassino. Mr. Eng can be heard with various groups including MASS Tango, VOCE, and the Found Objects Jazz String Trio of Boston. He is a frequent Guest Artist on the Lyrica, and the Lyrica Boston Chamber Music Series since its inception in 2003.
Andrew was a founding member of A Far Cry. He retired from A Far Cry in January 2009 to pursue other interests.