SOP Podcast #62 - Robin Gullbrandsson On Preserving Wooden Medieval Churches And Old Organs

Published: Oct. 2, 2016, 11:51 a.m.

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #62!\n\nToday's guest is Robin Gullbrandsson from Sweden who knows a whole lot about preserving heritage old churches and organs.\n\nHe was born in 1980 and grew up on the countryside in western Sweden. Currently Robin is a heritage officer at V\xe4sterg\xf6tland Museum in Skara from this winter, prior to that 2006-2016 he worked at J\xf6nk\xf6ping County Museum.\n\nHis main field of expertise is controller and heritage expert in restoration works concerning churches, but also from time to time he deals with exhibitions and book projects.\n\nRobin graduated from Gothenburg university in 2003 with a master in archaeology combined with art history and heritage studies and had special interest in building archaeology.\n\nRobin is also a passionate black-and-white photographer and during several years he has traveled a lot through Transilvania. His iinterest for historical organs became more and more vivid after he started working in the heritage care with inventorisation of churches around 2004-2005. \n\nIn this conversation, Robin talks about his experience with preserving heritage wooden medieval churches and old organs.\n\nEnjoy and share your comments below.\n\u200b\nAnd don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends.\n\nThanks for caring.\n\nRelevant links:\nRobin's homepage: \nhttps://gullbrandssonfoto.wordpress.com/\nAcademia:\nhttps://jkpglm.academia.edu/RobinGullbrandsson