A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pianist and composer Andrew Cannestra is the grand prize winner of the 2021 Aeolian Classics Emerging Artist Competition. His debut album, Mystic Pool, will be released in fall 2022, featuring one of his own compositions alongside works by William Grant Still, Alexander Scriabin, Frederic Chopin, and Henri Dutilleux. He is currently pursuing his D. M. A. in piano performance at the University of Oregon, where he studies with Alexandre Dossin. He also holds degrees from the Chicago College of Performing Arts (M. M.), where he studied with Adam Neiman, and St. Olaf College (B. M.), where he studied with Christopher Atzinger and Kent McWilliams. Outside of music, Andrew enjoys fly fishing, hiking, Italian food, and spending time with his wife, fellow pianist Kaitlyn Clawson-Cannestra.