Praised as a “rockstar of nylon-acoustic music” (On Sounds), “the real deal” (Classics Today), “dazzling” (ArtsHub) and “brilliant” (Limelight Magazine), Andrew Blanch is regarded as one of Australia’s leading musicians and is at the forefront of a new wave of classical musicians internationally.   He is a prizewinner in more than ten international guitar competitions, a finalist for Performance of the Year at the 2022 Australian Art Music Awards, and has released three studio albums to critical acclaim – his latest, a collaboration with QSO principal harpist Emily Granger has been streamed more than a million times and described as “one of the most extraordinary albums to come out of Australia in a long time” (Sydney Arts Guide).

A versatile collaborator, Andrew has performed widely with various groups such as Ensemble Offspring, the New Zealand Guitar Quartet, and in smaller chamber groups with some of Australia’s leading musicians.  In addition Andrew has commissioned and premiered works by numerous leading Australian composers such as Elena Kats-Chernin and Daniel Rojas, whose Guitar Concerto No. 1 he recorded in São Paulo, Brazil in 2023.  Andrew is an associate artist of the Bowerbird Collective with whom he developed his solo multimedia concert Nocturnal, for acoustic and electric guitars and tours regularly with his partner Argentinian Mezzo-Soprano Maria Eugenia Nieva having just completed a 40 concert tour of the USA from Washington to Florida for more than 10,000 people.

Andrew is Vice-President of the Classical Guitar Society Sydney, is managed by Tier 1 Arts, plays a 2014 Greg Smallman and Sons guitar, and is sponsored by Augustine Strings and Schertler audio equipment.  He is a founding member and co-artistic director of the Australian Guitar Quartet with Slava and Leonard Grigoryan and Vladimir Gorbach.