Amy Andersson

Conductor Amy Andersson has been active in fields ranging from traditional orchestral and operatic repertory to video game music. She is the founder and conductor of Orchestra Moderne NYC, a group that has sought to broaden both the content of and the audiences for classical music. Andersson took up the piano at age six. Even before then, she had been attracted to classical music; her crib was located next to the family music room, where she could hear her mother practicing singing. As an undergraduate, Andersson attended the University of Michigan, where she began as a piani...