Andres Alexander Metspalu

Co-Principal

ANDRES ALEXANDER METSPALU cello
With ERSO since the 2025/26 season

Estonian cellist Andres Alexander Metspalu (1997) is a versatile performer, chamber musician and orchestral player. Alongside the classical repertoire, he has taken part in numerous Estonian and world premieres of contemporary music. He has performed across Europe with musicians including Simone Lamsma, Theodor Sink, Sophia Rahman, Tim Crawford, Triin Ruubel, Daniel Hamin Go, Maria Włoszczowska, Hans Christian Aavik and Andres Kaljuste. As a member of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, he has performed at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Metspalu holds two master’s degrees cum laude from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre: in performance, under Professor Henry-David Varema, and in chamber music, under Senior Lecturer Marrit Gerretz-Traksmann. As part of the ERASMUS+ programme, he furthered his studies at the Paris Conservatoire in the cello classes of Marc Coppey and Pauline Bartissol, and at the Berlin University of the Arts in Wolfgang Boettcher’s cello class. In addition, he completed the “Cycle spécialisé” programme at the Paris municipal conservatory with the jury’s highest distinction, studying under Pauline Bartissol and Pierre Strauch.

Metspalu is currently a doctoral student and junior research fellow at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, where his research focuses on Estonian music for solo cello. During the 2024/25 season, he was a member of the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. Since the 2025/26 season, he has been a member of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO), where he also serves as assistant principal cellist.