Andreas Romberg

Andreas Jakob Romberg (27 April 1767 – 10 November 1821) was a German violinist and composer.

He learned the violin from his musician father Gerhard Heinrich Romberg and first performed in public at the age of six.

He joined the court orchestra of the Prince Elector in Bonn (conducted by the Kapellmeister Andrea Luchesi) in 1790, where he met the young Beethoven.

After a time in Paris, Andreas settled in Hamburg where he became a central figure in the city's musical life.

In 1815 he succeeded Louis Spohr as music director at the court of the Duke, in Gotha, Thuringia.