In preparation for the Symposium 35 national organizations and private individuals were asked to compile a report on the situation of the organ in their country. These reports had two objectives: one, as a tabular survey (at least for those countries where concrete numbers existed), the other, as documentation on the organs in churches, organ building and restoration practices, the translocation of organs, organ-playing in general and the schooling of organists, as well as their future perspectives in the profession. In addition, the university situation was taken into account, the concert scene described and questions concerning the advancement and support for organ instruction for children and teens discussed.
Individual national reports will be presented at the Symposium.
A reader containing all of the national reports will be available.
The following authors have made contributions for their countries:
Austria: Prof. Mag. Dr. Wolfgang Kreuzhuber
Belgium :Prof. Dr. Jean Ferrard
Bulgaria: Prof. Ulrich Theißen
Croatia: Mag. Art Zdenko Kuscer
Czechia: Jan Dolezel; Adam Viktora
Denmark: Prof. Bine Bryndorf, Ole Olesen
Estonia: Külli Erikson; Alexander Eckert
France: Prof. Kurt Lueders
Germany: Prof. Dr. Michael Gerhard Kaufmann; KMD Prof. Dr.h.c. Christoph Bossert
Great Britain: John Norman; Simon Williams
Hungary: Balázs Szabo
Iceland: Hörður Áskelsson
Ireland: Prof. Dr. Gerard Gillen
Italy: Vincenzo De Gregorio
Latvia: Alvis Melbardis; Külli Erikson
Lithuania: Rimantas Gučas
Luxembourg: Laurent Felten
Montenegro: Lana Jelenkowic
Norway: Prof. Bjørn F. Boysen
Poland: Krzysztof Urbaniak
Portugal: Prof. Dr. João Vaz
Romania: David Homolya
Russia: Prof. Eugenia Krivitskaia
Serbia: Lana Jelenkowic
Slovakia: Prof. Dr. Jan Michalko
Slovenia: Dr. Edo Skulj
Spain: Gerhard Grenzing
Sweden: Niclas Fredriksson; Göran Grahn; Johan Norrback; Henrik Tobin
Switzerland: Dr. Bernhard Billeter; Dr. Marco Brandazza
The Netherlands: Bert Wisgerhof
Ukraine: Dmytro Tytenko