The Chapter of Seville Cathedral has formalized the contract for the comprehensive restoration of the choir organs, one of the largest interventions undertaken to date. The main objective is the recovery of historical materials and the correction of technical deficiencies accumulated over decades.

A European consortium, comprising the Jurine and Mühleisen workshops, will be responsible for executing the work over the next five years. This project will restore the sonic splendor of the historic instrument, created by organ builder Aquilino Amezua and inaugurated in 1903.

Seville Cathedral has housed significant organs throughout its more than 500-year history. The current romantic organ, resulting from the unification of two pre-existing instruments through electrical connection – a novelty in Spain at the time – was inaugurated in 1903. Despite previous interventions in 1973 and from 1996, current deficiencies necessitate a thorough overhaul beyond routine maintenance.

To carry out this restoration, an international commission of experts was formed, which analyzed proposals from French, German, and Austrian firms. Ultimately, the work has been entrusted to the French companies SAS Michel Jurine and Manufacture D´Orgues Muhleisen G. Walther et Associés, both specializing in 19th and 20th-century organs.

The work will focus on reintegrating contemporary elements that respect the preserved original material, restoring old pipework to recover its original characteristics, and creating new keyboards and sound divisions. The resulting sonic aesthetic will be a synthesis of Spanish and French symphonic traditions, based on Amezua's material and his original project from 1899. The project has received authorization from the Provincial Culture Commission of the Junta de Andalucía.