David Cowen was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1972 and was a student at Oxford University, where he was Organ Scholar of St. Peter’s College. He studied the organ with Timothy Hone, Stephen Farr, Colin Walsh and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin.

From 1994 to 1995 David was Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral and was then appointed Assistant Master of the Music at Leicester Cathedral. In 1999 he moved to Lyon to pursue further studies in organ and improvisation (he holds the Certificat d’aptitude d’Artiste Musicien of the Diocese of Paris). On his return to the United Kingdom in 2002, David took up his current appointment of Organist and Director of the Choir at Holy Cross Priory Church in Leicester.

In addition to frequent solo performances, David works regularly with many orchestras and choirs, and tours have taken him as far afield as Brazil and Japan. He has also prepared choirs for both the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra.

David Cowen is Associate Organist at Leicester Cathedral, Accompanist of Leicestershire Chorale and a Visiting Music Teacher at Loughborough Endowed Schools Music School. In July David will be competing in the Haarlem Improvisation Competition in Holland.

To find out more about David, please visit his website.