ANDRE MADATIAN
Andre Madatian is a guitarist and film composer currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Andre holds aBachelor of Music degree in Film Scoring with a minor in Contemporary Conducting from BerkleeCollege of Music in Boston, Massachusetts
Andre is currently an active guitarist in Nashville where he tours full time with various artists. Notableperformances include headlining the Albisgüetli Country Music Festival in Zurich, Switzerland,performing at the Country Music Cruise in Ancona, Italy, playing the 25th Annual Trucker Festival inInterlaken, Switzerland opening for The Bellamy Brothers and Carlene Carter, performing at the FranklinTheater with John Schneider; the American actor, singer, and filmmaker widely known for his role as “BoDuke” in the original “Dukes Of Hazzard”, playing with Grammy award winning Cajon accordionist, Jo-El Sonnier, and performing at the Havelock Country Music Jamboree in Ontario, Canada opening forartists such as Toby Keith.
He has also become inspired by film music to pursue a career in composition and has written manyorchestral and concert works including an original holiday inspired composition for full orchestra andvocal duet premiering with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra, and a string orchestra piece entitled"Obliquity for String Orchestra" for the renown Kalistos Chamber Orchestra in Boston, MA to name afew
Andre composes for numerous music licensing companies and has over 70 placements on various majortelevision networks. His recent credits include composing additional music cues for “America’s GotTalent” on NBC, the PGA Tour Championships Learning Center show on the Golf Channel, "Say Yes toThe Dress Atlanta: Season 9" on TLC, "Southern Charm: Season 3" on Bravo, "NFL Monday QB” onCBS Sports, “Married to Medicine" on Bravo, “Return to Amish” on TLC, and "The Book of John Gray"on the Oprah Winfrey Network to name a few
Andre recently accepted a Graduate Teaching Assistantship with Middle Tennessee State University and has begun teaching for the university as well as working towards his Masters degree in Music Composition.