Harris Han Andersen currently serves as the Assistant Conductor of the Palm Beach Symphony and Frost Symphony Orchestra. He was the winner of the 2025 Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Conducting Fellowship and on the recommendation of the orchestra and Music Director Jaap van Zweden, led the orchestra in a performance of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra in Lotte Concert Hall. In past seasons, he has served as Assistant Conductor of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (NY), Ypsilanti Symphony Orchestra (MI), Ithaca College Opera Studio (NY), and as a frequent cover conducting of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (MI). He was invited to the Bach and Beyond Baroque Music Festival in Fredonia, NY for many summers as harpsichord soloist and violinist. Harris has received additional training via the 2024 Riccardo Muti Opera Academy in Japan, the 2024 George Enescu Conducting Masterclass in Romania and the Pierre Monteux Festival and School, in Hancock, Maine, where he served as Assistant Conductor/Violinist in 2023 and 2024. He was also a Conducting Scholar at Greensboro, North Carolina’s Eastern Music Festival in 2022.

In May 2025, Harris graduated from the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, with a Masters of Music, Orchestra Conducting. A trained pianist and violinist, he served as a collaborative pianist at the University of Miami and Florida International University, and violinist in the Symphony of the Americas and Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, while earning his Master’s degree. He holds a Bachelor of Music, Piano and Violin Performance, from Ithaca College, where he studied piano with Charis Dimaras and violin with Calvin Wiersma. At Ithaca, Harris won the 2022 Mary Hayes North Competition for senior piano majors and the 2020 Ithaca College Concerto Competition. Conducting teachers include Jaap van Zweden, Gerard Schwarz, Cristian Macelaru, Kenneth Kiesler, Hugh Wolff, and Grant Cooper. Harris is the recipient of a Career Assistance Award from The Solti Foundation U.S.