Hailed by the Strad Magazine for his “warm-hearted playing and mellow tone” Andrew Gonzalez has a diverse career around the world as a violist, chamber musician, viola da Spalla player, teacher, and entrepreneur in music.
In 2010, he went to the Juilliard School where he did both his undergrad and graduate degrees, completing his bachelor’s in 2014 and masters in 2016. There he studied with world-renowned violists Michael Tree, Heidi Castleman, Steve Tenenbom, and Hsin-Yun Huang.
In 2014, Andrew began playing the baroque viola and studied with Cynthia Roberts at the Juilliard School. Andrew has performed with Quodlibet and has had a chance to work with many musicians who have come through Juilliard 415 and Yale Baroque programs. Andrew recently performed with the American Bach Soloists and Valley of the Moon Music Festival where he studied with both Robert Mealy and Elizabeth Blumenstock. Andrew joined the New Amsterdam Consort in fall of 2018 where he plays both viola and viola da spalla.