Boy is he good on guitar
Live jazz music floats out through the sitting room window, in an estate on Limerick’s south side. Inside the house, Andreas, his dad and his little brother strum guitars and strike drums as they practice for an upcoming gig.
Andreas is Ireland’s newest child prodigy. In the past year, guitarist Andreas has played with the finest jazz musicians, including David Lyttle, Martin Taylor, Andreas Oberg, Frank Vignola and Louis Stewart. He spent last summer playing at jazz festivals in Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and eastern Europe. He won a scholarship to the summer jazz school at Skidmore College, in New York. Not bad for a 13-year-old who started out busking on the streets of Limerick, and who plays by ear.
