Glatter-Götz Organbuilders, Owingen, in cooperation
with Johannes Klais Organbuilders, Bonn, was awarded the contract
to build the new concert organ for the Moscow International
House of Music. The bid for the project was prepared in collaboration
between the organ building workshops of Glatter-Götz
and Klais. The execution of the contract for this significant
instrument was also carried out jointly by the two companies.
The project is particularly noteworthy as the organ will be
the largest new concert instrument to appear in Moscow in
the last 100 years and it will set a new accent. We were pleased
to build this instrument with Klais Organbuilders, a company
which has created many significant concert organs worldwide.
The purpose of the cooperation is the achievement of an optimal
result by successfully blending and complementing the talents
and experience of both companies. The strikingly modern concert
hall with a seating capacity of 1800 has been completed and
was officially opened in December, 2002, by President Vladimir
Putin. The installation of the organ was executed in the latter
half of 2004.
The organ concept is in the tradition of the German Romantic
style. The case is the latest example of designs developed
exclusively for Glatter-Götz Organbuilders by architect,
Graham Tristram of Edinburgh. In addition to its modern appearance,
the organ provides for the ideal placement of the choir in
front of the instrument.
A small Positiv organ with 6 stops to be used for chamber
music was delivered in December, 2002, by Glatter-Götz
Organbuilders.
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