About us

Promoter of the Symposium

This event is organized and prepared by the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) in close collaboration with the Music Academies of Basel, Berne, Lucerne and Trossingen (OrganExpert) and with the support from churches, the Zurich Church Music Association (ZKMV) and various associations in Switzerland and abroad.

Initiation group

In 2007, during the joint organ convention of the Society of the Friends of the Organ (Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde) and the Austrian Friends of the Organ in Graz (Austria), the question raised: “Organum, quo vadis ?”. Initially, the AGSO (Council for Historic Organ Preservation) under the initiative of the organists Dr. phil. Bernhard Billeter (Zurich), Prof. Rudolf Meyer (Winterthur) and OBM Wolfgang Rehn (Männedorf) went further into the matter, soon followed by Dr. Marco Brandazza (Organ Documentation Centre Lucerne), Prof. Dr. Michael G. Kaufmann (OrganExpert), Frank Mehlfeld (Rapperswil) and Dr. Markus T. Funck (Klettgau).
The realization of the event is now in the hands of the Zurich University of the Arts, Prof. Beat Schäfer (Head, Church Music); the contentual organization in close collaboration with a commission of organ teachers at Swiss music academies and the initiation group.

Patroness

Corine Mauch, mayor of Zurich

Patronage committee

Council of States Christine Egerszegi-Obrist
NikolausHarnoncourt
Michael Haefliger
Dr. Elmar Weingarten
Mons. Kurt Cardinal Koch
Pastor Michel Müller-Zwygart, President of the ecclesiastical council
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Wolff

Members of the Specialized Committee

Jean-Charles Ablitzer, Marco Amherd, Prof. Heinz Balli, Dr. Martin Balz, Patrizio Barbieri, Prof. Wolfgang Baumgratz, Dr. Edoardo Maria Bellotti, Dr. phil. Bernhard Billeter, Martin Böcker, Prof. Michel Bouvard, Diego Cannizzaro, Dr. Bernhard Billeter, KMD Prof. Dr.h.c. Christoph Bossert, Prof. Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Prof. Dr. h.c. Guy Bovet, Prof. Bjørn F. Boysen, Dr. Marco Brandazza, Rudolf Bruhin, Jörg Ulrich Busch, Bine Katrine Bryndorf, Andrew Canning, Prof. Pavel Černý, Jean-Louis Coignet, Dr. François Comment, Pascale Van Coppenolle, Prof. Alessio Corti, Dr. István Dávid, Prof. Dr. Hans Davidsson, Pieter van Dijk, Jan Dolezel, Christian Dutheuil, Alexander Eckert, István Ella, Dr. Pál Enyedi, Hans-Ola Ericsson, Külli Erikson, Prof. Thierry Escaich, Prof. François Espinasse, Prof. Jürgen Essl, Prof. Dr. Jean Ferrard, Dr. phil. Urs Fischer, Alexander Fiseisky, Prof. Bernard Foccroulle, Dr. Felix Friedrich, Hans Eugen Frischknecht, Dr. Markus T. Funck, Mag. Michael Gailit, Andres Cea Galan, Antonio Galanti, Prof. Jean-Christophe Geiser, Joost van Gemert, Hilmar Gertschen, Prof. Dr.h.c. Daniel Glaus, Gerhard Grenzing, Dr.h.c. Prof. Joachim Grubich, Willibald Guggenmos, Prof. Jean Guillou, Dr. Wolfram Hackel, Prof. Bernhard Haas, Dr. Naji Hakim, Dr. Bernhard Hangartner, Prof. Dr. Hans Haselböck, Prof. Martin Haselböck, Prof. Hans Hellsten, Prof. Monika Henking, Prof. Martin Hobi, David Homolya, Prof. Jan Hora, Gunnar Idenstam, Jan Willem Jansen, Ursula Jaggi, Friedrich Jakob, Emanuele Jannibelli, Prof. Reinhard Jaud, Andreas Jost, Dr. Wolf Kalipp, Michael Kapsner, Dr. Martin Kares, Karl Kastl, Prof. Silvius von Kessel, Prof. Dr. Alois Koch, Prof. Kei Koito, Prof. Jos van der Kooy, Prof. Edgar Krapp, Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Kreuzhuber, Prof. Olivier Latry, Mag.art Zdenko Kuscer, Prof. Nicolas Kynaston, Prof. Susan Landale, Philippe Laubscher, Jon Laukvik, Eric Lebrun, Prof. Philippe Lefebvre, Jean-Pierre Leguay, Peter Leu, Kirchenmusikreferent Diözese Feldkirch Bernhard Loss, Prof. Ludger Lohmann, Dr. Kurt Lueders, Rudolf Lutz, Prof. Dr. Laurenz Lütteken, Toomas Mäeväli, Michal Markuszewski, Frank Mehlfeld, Prof. Rudolf Meyer, John Norman, Michal Markuszewski, Prof. Massimo Nosetti, Balázs Méhes, Dr. Hans Musch, Prof. Jacques van Oortmerssen, Felix Pachlatko, Prof. Dr. Uwe Pape, Drs. Paul Peeters, Prof. Pier Damiano Peretti, Prof. Dr. Ursula Philippi, Prof. Peter Planyavsky, Prof. Dr. Franz Karl Prassl, Dr. Peter Reidemeister, Wolfgang Rehn, Prof. Lionel Rogg, Giampaolo Di Rosa, Prof. Martin Rost, Prof. Daniel Roth, Pascale Rouet, Bernhard Ruchti, Sacha Rüegg, Prof. François Sabatier, Prof. Martin Sander, Prof. Beat Schäfer, Marc Schaefer, Stefan Schättin, Prof. Rudolf Scheidegger, Dr. Prof. Matthias Schneider, Prof. Mag. Dr. Karl Schütz, Prof. Wolfgang Seifen, Dr. François Seydoux, Wolfgang Sieber, Prof. Dr. Andreas Sieling, Svein Amund Skara, Dr. Silvio Sorrentino, Prof. Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Prof. Andrea Toschi, Pater Urban Stillhard, Balázs Szabó, Prof. Markus Utz, Prof. Dr. João Vaz, Adam Viktora, Livio Vanoni, Prof. Dr. Joris Verdin, Christoph Wartenweiler, Prof. Gerhard Weinberger, François Widmer, Tobias Willi, Bert Wisgerhof, Prof. Daniel Zaretsky, Prof. Elisabeth Zawadke, Jean-Claude Zehnder, Prof. Wolfgang Zerer, Dr. Markus Zimmermann, Andreas Zwingli