Aurel Dawidiuk

Aurel Dawidiuk, born in Hanover, is a strikingly versatile young musician (conductor, pianist and organist) establishing himself as one of the most exciting talents of his generation. He began piano studies in Hanover and organ studies in Detmold, and in 2023 won the Neeme Järvi Prize at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as well as four prizes at the Hans von Bülow Competition, including first prize for ‘conducting from the piano.’ In 2024 he was named the first-ever Bernard Haitink Associate Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, working closely with the orchestra across two seasons, assisting leading conductors and leading many of his own programmes; from the 2026–27 season he becomes General Music Director of the Bochumer Symphoniker. His own background as an organist gives him a special affinity with a programme like this one, built around Poulenc’s great Organ Concerto.