Andrew Dewar
The musical career of Andrew Dewar (PCS accompanist and piano/organ) started at an early age: he began playing the Organ at his local church in Yeovil (Somerset) at the age of nine. With a scholarship to Wells Cathedral School in 1996, he studied the organ with Rupert Gough, David Sanger, and David Briggs (improvisation), and harpsichord with Dr. David Ponsford. From 1999-2000 he was Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral before moving to Germany, where he studied at the Musikhochschule, Stuttgart, with Prof. Dr. Ludger Lohmann.
He won the First Prize and the Audience Prize at St. Alban’s International Organ Festival, one of the most prestigious of all organ competitions, in 2005, but has also won a host of other international Organ Competitions, including those of Dublin, Wiesbaden, Berlin, Landau an der Isar, as well as prizes in Montreal and Schramberg and the Julius Reubke Prize at Erfurt.
Andrew’s extensive concert diary has taken him on tours to Russia and Northern America, and he has frequent engagements throughout Europe. In addition to his solo recital work, he both takes masterclasses and sits on adjudication panels, most recently as jury member at the International BACH/LISZT Competition in Weimar/Erfurt. Over 160 live recordings from recent concerts can be found here.
Andrew has been Organist at the Cathedral since 2010. In addition to his position at the Cathedral, Andrew is an accompanist for the Paris Choral Society and Assistant Professor of Organ at the Royal College of Music in London.
First Prizes
Pipeworks International Organ Competion, Dublin 2014
St Albans International Organ Competition 2005 (Including Audience Prize)
Bach prize, Wiesbaden 2005
Mendelssohn Competition, Berlin 2003
International Organ Competition, Landau an der Isar 2002 (Plus the Arthur Piechler Interpretation Prize)
Plymouth National Young Organists’ Competition 2001
Second Prizes
Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal 2014 (Plus the Bach Prize)
Canadian International Organ Competition, Montreal 2008 (Plus the Olivier Messiaen Prize)
International Bach/Liszt Competion, Erfurt 2008 (Plus the Julius Reubke Interpretation Prize)
International E. F. Walcker Competition, Schramberg 2004
Organ ART Museum, Rhein-Nahe 2003
St Albans International Organ Competition 2003