Patrick Collon

Patrick Collon (born November 1942 ) is a Belgian organ builder who has come to the fore by building new organs in a historical style. Collon has delivered organs to various Western European countries and restored historical instruments.

life and work

Patrick Collon was born in 1942 to an English mother and a Belgian-Russian father. He attended Eton College and learned organ building from 1960 to 1963 with Wilhelm Zika in St. Florian (Linz-Land) . From 1964 he attended the master school in Ludwigsburg together with Gerald Woehl . In 1967, Collon set up his own organ building company in Laken , Belgium under the name "Manufacture d'orgues de Bruxelles". His company manufactures organs behind simple, cube-shaped prospects. Collon developed the neo-baroque organ building with German and later Iberian influences to create his own style. The instruments are often based on the classic Italian, French or Spanish style of the 18th century without copying specific historical models. His Herford organ from 2004 combines different national styles. In addition to building new organs, Collon has also restored historic organs. In 2012, the list of works comprised 141 instruments, most of them new builds, of which 60 were delivered abroad. This makes Collon the most productive Belgian organ builder in the second half of the 20th century.

List of works (selection)

The list includes some new buildings.

The Roman number denotes the number of manuals , a capital "P" indicates an independent pedal , a lower-case "p" denotes an attached pedal and the Arabic number indicates the number of sounding registers.

year	place	church	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
1975	Uccle / Ukkel	Sint-Marcuskerk		II / P	28
1976	Jette	Clarakerk		II / P	20th
1977	Antwerp	Antwerp Royal Conservatory		II / P	28
1977	Brussels	Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula , choir organ		II / P	28
1980	Paris ( 16th arrondissement )	Église Saint-Georges		II / P	24
1986	Nivelles	Collegiate Church of St. Gertrud		III / P	40
1987-1990	eat	St. Michael at the water tower		III / P	32	based on classic French organ building, supplemented by horizontal trumpets and romantic swellings
1992	Berlin	Lindenkirche		I / P	11	in the style of an Italian organ
1993	Oberhausen	St. Michael		II / P	27
1993	Schleckheim	Holy Trinity		I.	9
1995	Attersee am Attersee	Parish Church Abtsdorf
1996	Großburgwedel	St. Petri		II / P	28	based on the classic French organ building
1997	Kempen- Kamperlings	St. Joseph		II / P	26th
1998	Leipzig	"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater Leipzig , Chamber Music Hall		II / P	26th	with hanging action , in the classic French style
1998	Nussdorf am Attersee	Parish church Nussdorf am Attersee		I / p		in the style of a Spanish baroque organ with split registers
1998/1999	Muenster	Church of the Redeemer		II / P	37	combines French, South German, Central German, Italian and Spanish elements
1998-2001	Hanover - Calenberger Neustadt	Neustadt Church		I / p	18th	in the style of a Spanish baroque organ with split stops → organ
2004	Herford	Marienkirche		II / P	32
2012	Vienna	University of Music and Performing Arts Concert, teaching and practice organ		II / P	24

literature

• Winfried Berger : The Patrick Collon organ in the Erlöserkirche in Münster. Ardey-Verlag, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-87023-127-0 .
• Otto Wolfgang: The organs in the St. Marien church. Festschrift on the occasion of the inauguration of the Patrick Collon organ. Sievert, Bielefeld 2004.

Web links

• Homepage
• Vita on FOLIA European Organ Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ orgelmusik.at: Interview with Roman Summereder ( memento from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2019.
2. ↑ Vita on FOLIA European Organ Foundation , accessed on May 6, 2019.
3. ↑ Homepage: Restorations , accessed on May 6, 2019.
4. ^ Organ art: Patrick Collon 70 jaar (Dutch), accessed on May 6, 2019.
5. ^ Organ in Paris , accessed on May 6, 2019.
6. ^ Organ in Essen , accessed on May 6, 2019.
7. ^ Organ in Leipzig , accessed on May 6, 2019.
8. ^ Organ in Münster, Erlöserkirche , accessed on May 6, 2019.