Jürgen Ahrend

Jürgen Ahrend is a German organ builder famous for restoring instruments such as the Rysum organ and the Arp Schnitger organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg as well as building original instruments. He is interviewed extensively in the film Martinikerk Rondeau, released in 2009.

Awards

21 May 1986 The Niedersachsen award for Culture
19 April 2000 Honorary doctorate from the Monash University, Victoria, Australia
5 May 2007 The Buxtehude-award from the city of Lübeck.
Works (selection)

Ahrend & Brunzema (1954–1971)

year	opus	town	church	picture	kind	manuals	stops	information
1954/88	1	Larrelt	Larrelt Church		R	I/p	11	:de:Orgel der reformierten Kirche \|organ
1955	4	Westerhusen	Westerhusen Church		R	I/p	7	:de:Orgel der Westerhuser Kirche\|organ
1957	9	Uttum	Uttum Church		R	I	9	:de:Orgel der Uttumer Kirche\|organ
1957	10	Veldhausen	Altref. Church		NB	I	6
1959/2002	18	Scheveningen	Zorgvlietkerk		NB	III/P	26
1961	25	Rysum	Rysum Church		R	I	7	:de:Orgel der Rysumer Kirche\|organ
1961	27	Aurich	Lambertikirche		NB	II/P	25	:de:Lambertikirche #Orgel\|organ
1962	29	Espel	Ref. Church		NB	I	7
1962	30	Bremen	St. Martini		NB	III/P	33	:de:St. Martini #Die Orgel\|organ
1963	34	Wassenaar	Kivietkerk		NB	II/P	21
1965	41	Amsterdam	Oude Kerk		NB	II/P	17
1965	43	Amsterdam	Oude Waalse Kerk		R	II/P	26
1965	40	Groningen	Magnaliakerk		NB	II	13
1965	42	Den Haag	Johanneskapel		NB	II/P	14
1966	45	Bremen	Ev. Church Oberneuland		NB	II/P	22
1967	49	Castrop-Rauxel	Church Schwerin-Frolinde		NB	III/P	27
1968	51	Aalten	Geref. Zuiderkerk		NB	II/P	16
1968	58	Haarlem	Mennonite Church		NB	III/P	24
1969	62	Hamburg	Ref. Church Altona		NB	II/P	15
1966/69/87	65	Marienhafe	Marienkirche		R	II/p	20	:de:Orgel der Marienkirche \|organ
1970	68	Frankfurt am Main	Cantate Domino		NB	III/P	33
1970	69	Uelsen	Ref. Church		NB	II/P	20
1970/76	70	Innsbruck	Hofkirche		R	II/p	15	:de:Orgel der Hofkirche \|organ
1963-71	74	Leer	Große Kirche		R	III/P	37	:de:Orgel der Großen Kirche \|organ

Jürgen Ahrend (1972–2004)

year	opus	town	church	picture	kind	manuals	stops	information
1972	76	Eugene	University of Oregon		NB	IV/P	38
1966-73	79	Ochtersum	St. Materniani		R	I/p	9
1972-75, 1993/94	81	Stade	St. Cosmae et Damiani		R	III/P	42	:de:Orgel von St. Cosmae et Damiani \|organ
1974	83	Taizé	Eglise de la Réconciliation		NB	III/P	28
1975	84	Hamburg	Christengemeinschaft Johnsallee		NB	II/P	18
1975	90	Frankfurt am Main	Ev. Church Alt-Hoechst		NB	II/P	18
1975	92	Sloten	Ref. Church		R	II/p	16
1977	97	Duderstadt	St. Servatius		NB	III/P	28
1978	98	Edinburgh	Reid Concert Hall		NB	II/P	21
1978	100	Joure	Ref. Church		NB	III/P	27
1979	103	Melbourne	Monash University		NB	IV/P	45
1980	104	Leiden	Hooglandse Kerk		R	II/P	24
1981	105	Toulouse	Musée des Augustins		NB	III/P	33
1982/99	107	Lüdingworth	St. Jacobi der Ältere		R	III/P	35
1978-83	108	Weener	St. Georg Church		R	II/P	29	:de:Orgel der St. Georgskirche \|organ
1976/77/83/84	111	Groningen	Martinikerk		R	III/P	52
1985	115	Porrentruy	Lycée Cantonale		NB	II/P	30
1981-85	116	Norden	Ludgeri-Kirche		R	III/P	46
1985	118	Stellichte	Ss. Georg, Christopherus et Jodocus		Rc	II/p	12
1986	120	Tokyo	St. Gregory House		NB	II/p	13
1986/2007	121/178	Kantens	Ref. Church		R/Rc	II/p	15
1986/87	127	Vienna	Michaelerkirche		R	III/P	40
1987-90	128	Stade	St. Wilhadi		R	III/P	40
1989	130	Tsukuba	Bach-Grove		NB	II/P	19
1989	131	Wetzlar	Franziskanerkirche		NB	II/P	22	:de:Orgel der Franziskanerkirche #Orgel\|organ
1990	134	Milano	San Simpliciano		NB	III/P	35
1991	135	Pilsum	Kreuzkirche		R	II/p	16	:de:Orgel der Pilsumer Kreuzkirche\|organ
1991	138	Zwettl	Stift		R	III/P	35	:de:Orgeln des Stiftes Zwettl\|organ
1990-93	139	Hamburg	St. Jacobi		R	IV/P	60	organ
1993	140	Payerne	Pfarrkirche		Rk	II/P	22
1993/94	143	Trondheim	Nidaros Domkirken		R	II/P	30
1994/95	144	Osteel	Warnfried Church		R	II/p	13	:de:Orgel der Warnfried-Kirche \|organ
1995	145	München	Deutsches Museum		NB	II/P	17
1997	147	Landshut	St. Jodok		NB	II/P	15
1997	149	Tokyo	Casals Hall, Nihon University		NB	III/P	41
1997	150	Stuttgart	Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart		NB	II/P	15
1998	151	Logabirum	Luth. Church		NB	I/P	10
1997/98	153	Dornum	St. Bartholomäus Church		R	III/P	32	:de:Orgel der St.-Bartholomäus-Kirche \|organ
2000	157	Lübeck	Lübeck Cathedral		R	I/p	10
2000	158	Kongsberg	Kongsberg kirke		R	III/P	42
2001	159	Trebel	Luth. Church		R	II/P	19
2002	160	Leer	Lutherkirche		NB	III/P	39
2002	161	Köln	Ursulinenkirche		NB	II/P	19
2002/03	162	Wilten	Stiftskirche		R	I/P	4
2003/04	163	Altenbruch	St. Nikolai		R	III/P	35	:de:St.-Nicolai-Kirche #Orgel\|Organ
2004	164	Hokksund	Haug, Norway kirke		NB	II/P	22
2004	165/183	Oldersum	Ref. Church		NB	II/P	16

Hendrik Ahrend (since 2005)

year	opus	town	church	picture	kind	manuals	stops	information
2005	170	Notre Dame/Indiana	University of Notre Dame		NB	I	5
2005	171	Pernegg	Stift Pernegg		R	II/P	18
2006	172	Calgary	University of Calgary		NB	II/P	21
2007	176	Herzogenaurach	St. Otto		NB	II/P	26
2007	177	Vaison-la-Romaine	Cathédrale Notre Dame		NB	II/P	20
2007	178	Kantens	Antoniuskerk		Rk	II/p	15
2007	179	Våler, Hedmark	Våler kirkelige fellesråd		R	I	8
2007/08	180	Leer	Kath.-Apostol. Kirche		NB	II/P	10
2009	187	Venice	Chiesa di San Salvador		NB	I	8
2009	188	Melle	St. Matthäus		R	II/P	23
2009	189	Königs Wusterhausen	Kreuzkirche		NB	II/P	19
2010	194	Brixen	„Unsere Liebe Frau“		R	I/P
2010/11	195	Hollern	St. Mauritius		R	II/P	24
2011/12	199	Worpswede	Zionskirche		NB	II/P	24	organ]
2011/12	200	Buttforde, Wittmund	St.-Marien-Kirche		R	I/p	9	:de:Orgel von St. Marien \|organ
2012/13	202	Badia, South Tyrol	St. Leonhardo		NB	III/P	about 35
2013	203	Sankt Peter	Maria Lindenberg		NB	II/P	17
2013/14	204	Rinteln	Kloster Möllenbeck		R	II/P	20
2015	207	Langwarden	St. Laurentius		NB	II/P	21
2015–16	210	Heidelberg	St. Raphael		N	II/P	32
2017	213	Tokyo	Concert Hall		NB	II/P	21
2014-18	206/215	Leer	Große Kirche		R	III/P	48	:de:Orgel der Großen Kirche \|organ
2018-20		Regensburg	Dreieinigkeitskirche		NB	II/P	30

Literature

25 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954 - 1979. Leer-Loga 1979.
40 Jahre Orgelbau Jürgen Ahrend 1954-1994. Ed. Günter Lade. Leer-Loga 1994.
John Hamilton: Ahrend, Jürgen . In: The Organ. An Encyclopedia. Douglas E. Bush, Richard Kassel. Routledge, New York and London 2006,, p. 22-23.
Fiori gratulatorii Jürgen Ahrend - Organopoeius. Zum 50jährigen Bestehen der Orgelwerkstatt in Leer und Loga dagli amici e ammiratori. Ed. Peter Golon and Harald Vogel. CSW Druckservice, Grasberg 2004.
Uwe Pape: Jürgen Ahrend and Gerhard Brunzema. In: Organ Yearbook. No. 3, 1972, p. 24-35.
Jürgen Ahrend, organbuilder. Celebrating forty years of his career . Ed. James L. Wallmann and Lawrence H. Moe. American Organ Academy, Oakland/CA 1995.

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