Andreas Brantelid was born in Copenhagen in 1987 to Swedish/Danish parents. After receiving early tuition from his father Ingemar, Andreas made his soloist debut at the age of 14 in a performance of the Elgar concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen, and today, he is one of the most sought-after performing artists from Scandinavia. He won first prizes in the 2006 Eurovison Young Musicians Competion, the 2007 International Paulo Cello Competition and, in subsequent years, received music awards and fellowships including the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2008, the BBC’s New Generation Artist 2008-2011, The Europan Concert Hall Organization “Rising Star” tour in the 2008/09 season. In 2015 he received the Carl Nielsen Prize in Copenhagen.

Highlights of recent orchestra engagements includes appearances with the London Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Brussels Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Andreas Brantelid has appeared in venues such as Dortmund Konzerthaus, where he has been a “Junge Wilde” artist, New York (Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall), London (Wigmore Hall), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Salzburg (Mozarteum) and Tokyo (Metropolitan Theatre). He also performs at festivals including Verbier, Lockenhaus, Jerusalem, Stavanger, Bergen, Risør and Kuhmo.

His debut disc of the Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Saint-Saëns cello concertos with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra was released by EMI in 2008, and since then his discography has grown long.

Together with Christian Ihle Hadland he forms the artistic direction of Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival in Norway since 2018. Also, since 2022 Andreas has been teaching as visiting professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Andreas Brantelid plays the 1707 ‘Boni-Hegar’ Stradivarius, which has been made available to him by the generous support of Norwegian art collector Christen Sveaas.