Violinist, loving wife and mother of 4 children.
Born Frances Shorney in Hull on 23 February 1964, she was given up for adoption as a young baby and her adoptive family settled in Cheltenham. As an adult she met her birth parents and forged a loving bond with her mother and half-siblings, who live in Canada.
She had a close relationship with her adoptive father, a vicar, and was devastated when he died shortly after she auditioned for a place at the prestigious Chetham's school of music in central Manchester. She was 13 and had been playing the violin for a only year when she was accepted. Michael Brewer, the school's then director of music. At 13 she became the youngest person to obtain an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) qualification with honours and, after leaving Chetham's early, aged 17, she went to Israel and then Germany, where she enjoyed lessons with Prof Ramy Shevelov.
The concert violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter said Andrade was responsible for "the most passionate violin playing I have heard". Viktor Liberman said it was "perfect in sound and expression".
In 1988 she met Levine Andrade, a Mumbai-born violinist and viola player, at a concert at St John's, Smith Square, in London. After a whirlwind romance they married in the June of that year. Together they raised four children.She took 15 years out of music to bring up her children, barely, if ever, picking up her violin during that time. But when she decided to return to the profession, she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career, playing concertos and recitals, as well as performing with big bands and recording music for film and television. In the later years of her life she increasingly devoted herself to teaching, and was particularly good at encouraging and motivating teenage girls.
Clive Jenkins, composer for the 14-strong string group of which Mrs Andrade had been a member for the past six years, has written Fanfare and Fugue in memoriam Frances Andrade as a tribute.
It was performed for the first time at a special concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly with funds raised going to the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre in Guildford.The ensemble is also releasing a CD — Over Hill, Over Dale — with a dedication to Mrs Andrade on the album sleeve.
Born Frances Shorney in Hull on 23 February 1964, she was given up for adoption as a young baby and her adoptive family settled in Cheltenham. As an adult she met her birth parents and forged a loving bond with her mother and half-siblings, who live in Canada.
She had a close relationship with her adoptive father, a vicar, and was devastated when he died shortly after she auditioned for a place at the prestigious Chetham's school of music in central Manchester. She was 13 and had been playing the violin for a only year when she was accepted. Michael Brewer, the school's then director of music. At 13 she became the youngest person to obtain an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) qualification with honours and, after leaving Chetham's early, aged 17, she went to Israel and then Germany, where she enjoyed lessons with Prof Ramy Shevelov.
The concert violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter said Andrade was responsible for "the most passionate violin playing I have heard". Viktor Liberman said it was "perfect in sound and expression".
In 1988 she met Levine Andrade, a Mumbai-born violinist and viola player, at a concert at St John's, Smith Square, in London. After a whirlwind romance they married in the June of that year. Together they raised four children.She took 15 years out of music to bring up her children, barely, if ever, picking up her violin during that time. But when she decided to return to the profession, she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career, playing concertos and recitals, as well as performing with big bands and recording music for film and television. In the later years of her life she increasingly devoted herself to teaching, and was particularly good at encouraging and motivating teenage girls.
Clive Jenkins, composer for the 14-strong string group of which Mrs Andrade had been a member for the past six years, has written Fanfare and Fugue in memoriam Frances Andrade as a tribute.
It was performed for the first time at a special concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly with funds raised going to the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre in Guildford.The ensemble is also releasing a CD — Over Hill, Over Dale — with a dedication to Mrs Andrade on the album sleeve.
Violinist, loving wife and mother of 4 children.
Born Frances Shorney in Hull on 23 February 1964, she was given up for adoption as a young baby and her adoptive family settled in Cheltenham. As an adult she met her birth parents and forged a loving bond with her mother and half-siblings, who live in Canada.
She had a close relationship with her adoptive father, a vicar, and was devastated when he died shortly after she auditioned for a place at the prestigious Chetham's school of music in central Manchester. She was 13 and had been playing the violin for a only year when she was accepted. Michael Brewer, the school's then director of music. At 13 she became the youngest person to obtain an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) qualification with honours and, after leaving Chetham's early, aged 17, she went to Israel and then Germany, where she enjoyed lessons with Prof Ramy Shevelov.
The concert violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter said Andrade was responsible for "the most passionate violin playing I have heard". Viktor Liberman said it was "perfect in sound and expression".
In 1988 she met Levine Andrade, a Mumbai-born violinist and viola player, at a concert at St John's, Smith Square, in London. After a whirlwind romance they married in the June of that year. Together they raised four children.She took 15 years out of music to bring up her children, barely, if ever, picking up her violin during that time. But when she decided to return to the profession, she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career, playing concertos and recitals, as well as performing with big bands and recording music for film and television. In the later years of her life she increasingly devoted herself to teaching, and was particularly good at encouraging and motivating teenage girls.
Clive Jenkins, composer for the 14-strong string group of which Mrs Andrade had been a member for the past six years, has written Fanfare and Fugue in memoriam Frances Andrade as a tribute.
It was performed for the first time at a special concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly with funds raised going to the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre in Guildford.The ensemble is also releasing a CD — Over Hill, Over Dale — with a dedication to Mrs Andrade on the album sleeve.
Born Frances Shorney in Hull on 23 February 1964, she was given up for adoption as a young baby and her adoptive family settled in Cheltenham. As an adult she met her birth parents and forged a loving bond with her mother and half-siblings, who live in Canada.
She had a close relationship with her adoptive father, a vicar, and was devastated when he died shortly after she auditioned for a place at the prestigious Chetham's school of music in central Manchester. She was 13 and had been playing the violin for a only year when she was accepted. Michael Brewer, the school's then director of music. At 13 she became the youngest person to obtain an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM) qualification with honours and, after leaving Chetham's early, aged 17, she went to Israel and then Germany, where she enjoyed lessons with Prof Ramy Shevelov.
The concert violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter said Andrade was responsible for "the most passionate violin playing I have heard". Viktor Liberman said it was "perfect in sound and expression".
In 1988 she met Levine Andrade, a Mumbai-born violinist and viola player, at a concert at St John's, Smith Square, in London. After a whirlwind romance they married in the June of that year. Together they raised four children.She took 15 years out of music to bring up her children, barely, if ever, picking up her violin during that time. But when she decided to return to the profession, she enjoyed a varied and fulfilling career, playing concertos and recitals, as well as performing with big bands and recording music for film and television. In the later years of her life she increasingly devoted herself to teaching, and was particularly good at encouraging and motivating teenage girls.
Clive Jenkins, composer for the 14-strong string group of which Mrs Andrade had been a member for the past six years, has written Fanfare and Fugue in memoriam Frances Andrade as a tribute.
It was performed for the first time at a special concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly with funds raised going to the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre in Guildford.The ensemble is also releasing a CD — Over Hill, Over Dale — with a dedication to Mrs Andrade on the album sleeve.
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