Abe began playing the violin at age eight and was a member of the All Newton Elementary String Orchestra. In high school, he traveled on tours of Great Britain, Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia as a member of the Newton North High School and Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He also played in the MMEA Northeastern District and All-State Orchestras as a senior culminating with a performance in Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA. In the summer of 1987, he read Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony & Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.3 in the Tanglewood Festival Young Artists Program's conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa.
Abe earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Rochester where he was a member of University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He studied violin performance with Oliver Steiner at the Eastman School of Music.
Abe has performed as a member and soloist with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra since 1994. He is currently a Board member and handles the Marketing and Publicity for the organization. In 2002, Abe came home to play in the Newton Symphony Orchestra. He has played in performances at Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He is charter member of the Colleges of the Fenway Orchestra and founded the Fusion String Ensemble in 2007. Chamber music has been a major focus of Abe as he chaired the Cambridge Symphony Chamber Players from 2002-2010.
Abe has also appeared as a guest violinist for a local rock artist Lauren Bateman.
As an actor and producer, Abe has two full-length films to his credit. One feature gained a limited theatrical run in the summer of 2010 and premiered on cable television in April 2011. Both are in wide distribution on DVD.
By day, Abe is an Digital Executive at Boston Herald Media where he creates concepts and builds advertising campaigns around it. In his free time, Abe loves being with his son, Kyle and his wife, Ashley. His other hobbies include cooking, basketball and keeping up in a softball league.
