Cellist.
Educator.
Music and Artistic Director.
Producer.

Andrew Ascenzo is redefining what it
means to be a musician in the 21st Century

Connect with Andrew.

Andrew Ascenzo is a true musician of the 21st century. He performs regularly as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral cellist, and teaches privately as a professor of cello at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music. He is the Artistic Director for Music in the Atrium at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, an Artistic Producer for programs such as the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, an arts administrator for Gryphon Trio and Chamber Factory, and a video editor and audio engineer for some of Toronto’s most renowned institutions including the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company.

I know Andrew’s playing and he is a beautiful musician.
— Ashley MacIsaac
The orchestral accompaniment under (Music Director) Andrew Ascenzo never overpowers and both performed overtures are balanced and faultless.
— Ontario Arts Review

Upcoming events.

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