Andrew Young

Andrew was born in Bendigo and began learning piano at a young age. In high school, he started playing the trumpet, but after a couple of years, he saw the light and switched to the horn. He went on to complete a Bachelor of Music with Geoff Collinson at the University of Melbourne and continued his studies at the Australian National Academy of Music under Geoff Lierse, Ben Jacks, and Andrew Bain. Andrew then studied abroad at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, where he attained a Master of Music and a Soloist Diploma under the tutelage of Professor Esa Tapani. He has held positions with the Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden and the Luxembourg Philharmonic, and he has now been appointed Principal Horn of Orchestra Victoria.