Andrés Cárdenes is a Cuban-born violinist, violist, teacher, conductor, and concertmaster.
He has performed and taught in a number of prominent positions, including his current professorship in violin at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music where he holds the Dorothy Richard Starling & Alexander Speyer Jr.
Endowed Chair.
He is also the current Artistic Director of the Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic.