Andrea Derdak

I was born in Makó (Hungary) where I started to learn to play violoncello when I was 7 years old. After the primary school I went to Szeged to learn in secondary music shool and I gained my degree here in 2008. I graduated on teacher's master's degree program in 2011.During the years of secondary school and college I took part in cello courses and I played in the school symphony orchestra. Chamber music was always the part of my life. We won award on chamber music competition in Debrecen. In 2006 I also played in the Jeunesses Musicales International Orchestra in Switzerland. I taught from 2005 to 2012 in my home town as a cello teacher and we did a lot of performance with the Symphony Orchestra of Makó.I had the opportunity to work with the Szeged Symphony Orchestra and the Weiner Chamber Orchestra as well. In 2011 and 2012 I worked on the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner with a string quartett. From 2012 November I have been living in London and we established a string quartett called Konvalia Quartett. We have worked together with John Landor and played Shostakovich quartet no.8 under his leading and project Music-in-Motion. I also play with the I Maestri and the Notting Hill Orchestra for Film Music.