Born in Cape Town, South Africa, of Czech and Polish descent and US nationality, he began his musical training studying violin at six and piano at eight. His piano teachers include Ruth Slenczynska at Southern Illinois University, Valeri Grokhovski and Viatcheslav Gabrielov from the Gnesin Institute in Moscow, Ney Salgado at the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and Boaz Sharon at the University of Florida, USA.

Andre has been awarded numerous national and international prizes since 1987. In 1992, he won the Winter Music Festival Competition at Campos do Jordão, Sao Paulo, where he performed Liszt's Concerto No.1 with the Festival's Orchestra. In 1997, he was a winner of the Guiomar Novaes International piano competition, also in São Paulo. That same year he took second prize (being Nelson Freire´s favorite) in Brazil's Chopin Competition with several nationalities represented commemorating the composer's 150th year since his death. In 2000, after winning first prize at the Pianarte - Pro-Arte National Competition and the Nise Obino trophy in Brasilia, Brazil, he appeared upon Nelson Freire´s request, with the National Theatre Orchestra in Brasilia in the first concert of the National Theatre Series. The same year he was a top winner of the Bach National Competition in Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other victories followed.

Andre has received various scholarships, including from the National Society of Arts and Letters and the University of Florida, where he got his Masters in Music, to participate at International Masterclasses in Paris and Prague, and the prestigious Artists Certificate International Program held at the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris and at the Fondation Bell Arte in Braine L´alleud, Belgium.

Andre has performed extensively to great public acclaim in Brazil (lately, including for the Reception Ceremony of the President of the European Union, for the 50 years anniversary of the country’s capital, and alongside Artur Moreira Lima). Besides appearing about a dozen times at Brasilia´s FM Radio, he has recorded for Brazil´s most prestigious classical station, Radio MEC, and had a concerto performance often televised nationally on the TVA channel. He also performed in various countries in Europe, Israel, and in the US - at Steinway Galleries and Festivals, Liszt Festivals, and various venues such as at the Kennedy Center (where he shared the stage with Ann Schein) and recitals at the Phillips Collection, in Washington-DC.

Mr. Andre was the 1st prize winner in the Romantic Music 2024 Charleston International Music Competition in the piano age 26+ category.

Andre has been a piano professor at the University of Florida, University of Brasilia, and at his family’s International School, Affinity Arts, in Brasilia.

Andre currently serves as a piano faculty member at Prime Music Institute.