Andrew LING is currently a faculty at the School of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Hong Kong native Andrew LING is a concert violist, violinist, conductor, and music educator. Andrew holds a Bachelor and Master of Music in violin performance from Indiana University Bloomington. His studies at Rice University with Cho-Liang Lin were cut short to take up his position as Principal Violist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (“HK Phil”), which he has served for 12 seasons. Andrew has garnered acclaim for his orchestral playing and solo recitals worldwide. His appearances as a concert soloist have included the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and the China Broadcasting Film Symphony Orchestra.

A versatile and all-round musician, Andrew has brought his musicianship to conducting engagements with the HK Phil, the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Kunming Nie Er Symphony Orchestra, Finland’s Seinäjoki City Orchestra, and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra. Handpicked to conduct the HK Phil in rehearsal for Christoph Eschenbach and the late Lorin Maazel, he has worked alongside some of the world’s foremost conductors, including Jaap van Zweden, Edo de Waart, Jun Märkl, and Leonard Slatkin. Ling was a finalist in the Besançon International Conducting Competition 2017.

Andrew’s journey with music began at the age of six when he studied violin with the late Professor Lin Yaoji at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing. He went on to pursue Violin Performance at Indiana University under Henryk Kowalski, Mauricio Fuks, Alan de Veritch, and the late Ik-hwan Bae, and was a protégé of Cho-Liang Lin at Rice University.

As a successful musician, conductor, and sought-after art educator, Andrew remains active in the classical music scene upon his return to Hong Kong. He is often seen playing solo, in chamber groups, and conducting. He has played with many renowned musicians, including Yu-Ja Wang, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo, Ning Feng, Michael Guttman, and The Shanghai Quartet.

Outside the concert hall, Andrew is passionate about cultivating the next generation of musicians. He holds teaching positions at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong and has also served as director of The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme.

Andrew plays on a violin and viola made by Gaetano Sgarabotto.