Born into a musical family, András Fejér began playing the cello at the age of seven. His father was a cellist and conductor and his mother was a pianist and, since an early age, they have held string quartet weekends, which, for the young cellist were the most memorable of occasions.
Mr. Fejér was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1975, where he was a pupil of Ede Banda, András Mihály, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtág. That same year he founded the Takács String Quartet with three fellow classmates.
Although the quartet has been his sole professional focus since then, he does perform as a soloist occasionally as well.