Organ Festival Uster

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Reformed Church Uster

The Uster Organ Festival takes place annually in the Reformed Church in Uster / ZH .

History and spectrum

The Uster Organ Festival was founded in 1991 by the organist of the Reformed Church Uster Stefan Schättin. It is a series of concerts in which nationally and internationally active organists give five concerts in the Reformed Church of Uster in August and September, alone or in chamber music formations . The instrument, built in 1963 by Orgelbau Goll (Lucerne), is played. The Schleiferladen organ has 61 stops on three manual works and a pedal.

In addition to the classic solo recital, the program of recent years includes what is obvious or unusual to play on the organ: jazz on the church organ, organ and light show or organ four-handed . Since 2000, chamber music formations and individual instruments have been heard in conjunction with the organ in addition to the organ. B. Organ and piano , organ and wind trio, organ and percussion , etc.

Organ of the Reformed Church in Uster

Among the performers who have already played at the organ festival, one can find a. Daniel Roth , Ben van Oosten , Guy Bovet , Bine Katrine Bryndorf , Els Biesemans , Cameron Carpenter , Barbara Dennerlein , Monika Henking , Rudolf Scheidegger, Andreas Jost and Tobias Willi .

In 2010 the organ festival received the culture award of the city of Uster.

Performers (organ)

  • 1991: Gabriel Marghieri , Lyon / Paris; Mami Sakato , Tokyo; Tomas Thon, Opava; Felix Gubser, Zurich
  • 1992: Andras Viragh, Budapest; Ulrich Meldau, Zurich; Stefan Kagl , Herford; Olivier Vernet; Monaco
  • 1993: Martin Jean, New Haven; Daniel Roth , Paris; Barbara Meldau, Zurich; Jean-François Vaucher, Lausanne
  • 1994: Miklos Arpas, Zurich; Wolfgang Kläsener, Wuppertal; Cyrill Schmiedlin, Basel; Daniel Roth, Paris; Endre Kovacs , Budapest
  • 1995: François-Henry Houbart, Paris; Andrew Lumsden, Lichfield; Magda Czajka, Warsaw; Annerös Hulliger, Bern
  • 1996: Bine Katrin Bryndorf, Copenhagen; Yves Rechsteiner, Yverdon; Hans-Jürgen Scholze, Dresden; Daniel Roth, Paris
  • 1997: Mami Sakato, Tokyo; Jean-Jacques Kasel, Luxembourg; André Manz, Amriswil; Christopher Herrick , London
  • 1998: Stephan Thomas, Chur; Daniel Roth, Paris; Beate Rux-Voss , Ludwigsburg; Christopher Boodle, Gloucester
  • 1999: Rikako Watanabe , Tokyo / Paris; Gabriel Marghieri, Paris / Lyon; Rudolf Scheidegger, Zurich; Martin Jean, New Haven
  • 2000: Daniel Roth, Paris; Jürg Lietha, Bern; Markus Kühnis, Lucerne; Wolfgang Sieber , Lucerne; George Gruntz , Basel
  • 2001: Konrad Weiss, Uster; Theo Wegmann, Maur; Andreas Böttcher , Dresden; Christopher Herrick, London
  • 2002: Hans-Joachim Dumeier, Darmstadt; Olivier Eisenmann , Weggis; Otto Maria Krämer , Straelen; Barbara Dennerlein , Munich
  • 2003: Daniel Roth, Paris; Sacha Rüegg, Zurich; Christian Scheifele; Zurich; Carl Rütti , Zug; Rhoda Scott , Paris
  • 2004: Andreas Gries, Hamburg; Peter Leu, Schaffhausen; Günther Kühlwein, Bern; Pierre Pincemaille , St-Denis
  • 2005: Jean Martyn, Birmingham; Daniel Roth, Paris; Jürg Lietha, Bern; Andreas Jost, Zurich
  • 2006: Pierre Pincemaille, St-Denis; Daniela Timokhine, Zurich; Barbara Dennerlein, Munich; Rudolf Meyer , Winterthur
  • 2007: Pavel Kohout, Prague; Els Biesemans, Zurich; Daniel Roth, Paris; Andreas Böttcher, Dresden
  • 2008: Gabriel Marghieri, Paris / Lyon; Peter Friday, Uster; Theo Flury, Einsiedeln / Rome; Barbara Dennerlein, Munich
  • 2009: Iveta Apkalna , Riga; Monika Henking, Thalwil; Mario Duella, Biella; Rhoda Scott, Paris
  • 2010: Guy Bovet , Neuchâtel; Elisabeth Zawadke, Lucerne; Daniel Roth, Paris; Ben van Oosten , The Hague; Barbara Dennerlein, Munich; Martin Bambauer , Trier; Dominik Blum , Winterthur
  • 2011: Ulrich Meldau, Zurich; Barbara Meldau, Zurich; Tobias Willi, Zurich; Jean Martyn, Birmingham; Guus Jansen, Amsterdam; Konrad Weiss, Uster
  • 2012: Jan van Mol, Antwerp; Bruno Reich, Zurich; David Timm , Leipzig; Cameron Carpenter , New York; Suzanne Z'Graggen, Solothurn
  • 2013: Jean Martyn, Birmingham; Iveta Apkalna, Riga; Claudio Astronio, Bolzano; Wolfgang Sieber, Lucerne
  • 2014: Daniela Timokhine, Zurich; Elisabeth Berner, Dietikon; Hans Eugen Frischknecht , Bern; Gabriel Marghieri , Paris / Lyon
  • 2015: Andreas Böttcher, Dresden; Christian Schmitt , Saarbrücken; Wolfgang Sieber, Lucerne; Daniel Roth, Paris
  • 2016: Andreas Jost, Zurich; Barbara Dennerlein , Andreas Böttcher, Dresden; Stephan Thomas, Chur; Daniel Roth, Paris
  • 2017: Jean Martyn; Birmingham; Ben van Oosten , Peter Freitag, Uster; Markus Kühnis, Emmen
  • 2018: Serge Schoonbroodt, Liège; Eric Nünlist, Grenchen; Benjamin Graf, Volketswil; Franz Danksagmüller , Leipzig; P. Theo Flury, Einsiedeln
  • 2019: Pavel Kohout, Prague; Jürg Brunner, Bern; Jennifer To, Rüti; Ivan Tibolla, Bolzano; Martina Fiedler, Nuremberg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Culture Prize for Organ Festival. Tages-Anzeiger , July 12, 2010, accessed February 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Award for organ festival. Report on www. 20min.ch , accessed on February 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ Modern sounds at the organ festival. Concert review on the website of the Zürcher Oberländer from September 1, 2008, accessed on February 15, 2016

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