Aidan Yau is a 16-year-old student of Dr Angela Kraft-Cross. His program consists of five pieces:

      Pièces d’orgue pour le Magnificat:  Suite du deuxième ton

            by Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680, after 1739)

      Prelude, Fugue, and Variation, Op. 18

            by César Franck (1822-1890)

      Symphonie VI in g minor, Op. 42 No. 2

            by Charles Marie Widor (1844 – 1940)

      Fantasmagorie, JA 63

            by Jehain Alain (1911-1940)

      Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7

            by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

Free-will offering, and there is a “Meet and Greet” low-key reception after the concert

Aidan is a junior at Foothill High School in Pleasanton. He began singing and playing piano at age six, and studied piano under Professor Eleanor Wong in the Junior Music Program at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Aidan first studied the organ in Hong Kong in 2021 to help his school’s Music Department during morning services. In June 2023, he resumed his organ studies with Dr. Angela Kraft Cross.
After the San Francisco Peninsula Organ Academy gifted him a generous scholarship, he traveled to France on an intensive organ study trip last winter. There, he took lessons with many renowned organ teachers on literature and improvisation. In addition, he participated in the Oberlin Organ Institute and Eastman Summer Organ Academy over the past 2 summers.

Aidan has also performed at St. Mary’s Cathedral and the Mission Dolores Basilica.  He is currently an organ scholar at the Congregational Church of San Mateo (CCSM) and has served as a substitute organist at several churches on the Peninsula, including Congregational Church of San Mateo, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and St. Veronica’s Catholic Church.