We have a winner!

....it is the awe-inspiring 14-year old Ruben van Eldik!

We got several amazing contributions but Ruben's was the one that spoke most to the hearts of our jury and felt the most musicly mature. 

Ruben's love affair with music started at 2 years old - his favourite toy played Mozart's 'Turkish march' which had him mesmerized. He started playing the piano at 11 and cello this year. As soon as he learned to read music he started composing piano works. He currently studies at the KSO Lemmens Institute in Leuven.

The stunning 'Espoir' which the BCE will perform 

27 April in the Grande Salle of the Conservatoire in Brussels is inspired by Anna Boch's painting 'Les falaises de l'Estérel' and includes a nod to Ruben's favourite composer Stravinsky's 'Firebird'.

Ruben lives in Tervuren with his parents, two siblings and a cat, and dreams of one day studying composition.

Join us on 27 April to witness magic when we will perform van Eldik and other Belgian composers to honour the Belgian presidency of the Council, and Brahms' I symphony