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Göteborg International Organ Academy (in English)

The Göteborg International Organ Academy spotlights the remarkable organ landscape of the city of Göteborg with concerts and lectures by leading organists from around the world. It is a cross-cultural platform for early and new music, with the goal of being a sought after entrance to a world of tactile passion and new sounds. In presenting the Göteborg Organ Festival 2018 GIOA wants to broaden and deepen public interest in the organ art by further developing ways of meeting our audiences, offering programs where new artistic expressions can meet new audiences, this year with a particular focus on creating opportunities for children and young people to pleasurably explore new worlds together. The Göteborg Organ Festival 2018 is organized by the Association of the Göteborg International Organ Academy in cooperation with the Academy of of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, the Church of Sweden, the City Library of Gothenburg, the Gothenburg Symphony, Göteborg Baroque, Gageego!, ilDance and others, and with support from the City of Gothenburg, West Sweden, Musikverket and Statens Kulturråd, sponsors and various foundations. The Academy was created in 1994 to provide a meeting place for everyone interested in the art of the organ,enabling them to share and collect new knowledge, to find artistic inspiration and to enjoy great performances on the numerous top-quality instruments in Göteborg. The Academy is unique in bringing together students, teachers, instrument builders, scholars, performers and friends of the organ art, offering an international forum for dialogue and discussion within an inspiring and exciting Scandinavian environment. The Academy builds on the interdisciplinary research that has been carried out within GOArt’s various research and instrument building projects since 1995, and provides a program that integrates current research at GOArt, the Academy of Music and Drama, and the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg. The Academy has a broad collection of organs and related keyboard instruments at its disposal, crowned by the four-manual North German Baroque Organ in meantone temperament, built by GOArt within an interdisciplinary organ research program. In addition, a number of other fine instruments have been added to Gothenburg’s organ landscape. In 2021, a new organ built by Rieger Orgelbau, Schwarzach, Austria, for the Gothenburg concert hall will be inaugurated. The new organ is built in close collaboration with an international reference group consisting of Hans-Ola Ericsson, Koos van de Linde, Nathan Laube, Paul Peeters, Joris Verdin, Magnus Kjellson (Gothenburg Symphony), and chaired by Hans Davidsson. Since 2017, the scope of the Academy has been expanded, developing into an organ festival for the the whole city and with programs for all ages. For almost 400 years Gothenburg has looked outwards toward the sea and the world beyond. Our city was built and planned by Dutch and Germans. As a maritime city of trade and industry we have fostered close relationships and been able to exchange skills with many other countries. International contacts, outside influences and people from different cultures have always been an asset to Gothenburg, and still are today. As of last year, GIOA aims to further strengthen the city´s international organ profile what with being a part of the city´s 400 years anniversary in 2021. The goal is to achieve international impact not only by making Gothenburg an organ city of highest world rank, but in taking part of making Gothenburg a city where residents enjoy living, feel involved and have a sense of pride and confidence in the future. In making Gothenburg a city of tactile passion and new sounds.

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