Is i Londain a chaith Andrea Palandri tosach a shaoil sarar aistrigh sé lena mhuintir go dtí an Véinéis san Iodáil nuair a bhí sé naoi mbliana d’aois. Thosnaigh sé ag teacht go hÉirinn nuair a bhí sé sna déagaibh agus ba gheairid ina dhiaidh sin gur chuir sé suim ar leith i veidhleadoireacht Paddy Cronin agus Denis Murphy agus sna teicnící a bhíodh á múineadh ag Pádraig O’Keefe ina chuid lámhscríbhinní teagaisc. Tá ceol seinnte ar stáitse ag Andrea ag a lán ócáidí in Éirinn agus thar lear ó d’aistrigh sé chun na tíre seo agus tá ranganna veidhlín múinte aige ag féilte ceoil traidisiúnta ar nós Feakle i gCo. an Chláir agus Tionól Nioclás Tóibín. Bhí sé ina aoi speisialta ar ‘Slí na mBeaglaoich’ ar TG4 le déanaí agus tá sé le clos chomh maith ar an albam le Aidan Connolly ‘Be Off’ a d’eisigh Raelach Records.

Andrea Palandri was raised in London until the age of nine and in Venice until the age of nineteen. He began visiting Ireland in his teens and developed a particular interest in the fiddle playing of Paddy Cronin, Denis Murphy and in the bowing techniques taught in the manuscripts of Pádraig O’Keeffe. Andrea has performed at numerous events both in Ireland and abroad since moving to Ireland. He has taught fiddle masterclasses at traditional music festivals such as the Feakle Festival in Co. Clare and at Tionól Nioclás Tóibín. He has also featured on TG4’s ‘Slí na mBeaglaoich’ and as a guest musician on Aidan Connolly’s critically-acclaimed album ‘Be Off’, released on Raelach Records.