Andrew Van de Paardt

Andrew van der Paardt (English Horn) was born in Clovis, California. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Master of Music from the New England Conservatory.

Paardt has received the Boston Foundation's Laura Ahlbeck Memorial Full Tuition Scholarship and won the Boston Woodwind Society's Ralph Gomberg Oboe Merit Award Competition and Boston Conservatory Instrumental Concerto Competition. He has performed with the Boston Philharmonic and San Antonio Symphony.

In February 2023, Paardt joined the New York City Ballet Orchestra.

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