Background
Laura Andel was born in Argentina of Moldovian heritage, and began music lessons in Buenos Aires at the age of five.
Laura Andel was born in Argentina of Moldovian heritage, and began music lessons in Buenos Aires at the age of five.
She graduated from Escuela de Música Popular de Avellaneda in Buenos Aires with a degree in Tango performance, and in January 1993, she began the study of jazz composition and music for film at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
She played woodwind as a child and began to compose at an early age. After completing her studies, Andel moved to New York City in 2000 where she has worked as a composer and conductor. She is the leader of the Laura Andel Orchestra and has conducted her music in cities including New York, Boston, Buenos Aires, Caracas, and Berlin.
BMI Foundation-Jerry Harrington Jazz Composers Award Rockefeller Foundation fellow at the Bellagio Study Center in Italy Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program Grant from the American Music Center Music Composition Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, New Hampshire, 2002) Artist-in-residence at Sacatar Foundation (Bahia, Brazil, 2003/2004).
