Calvin Auditory

Subsequently, it became a place used by numerous Protestant refugee groups including Italian Waldensians, Dutch Reformed and Scottish Presbyterians.

Some of them had great political influence, like the 1559 student of the academy Philips of Marnix, who corresponded after Calvin's death with De Beze.

It was felt during the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, celebrated in 2009 that a more versatile organ worthy of the setting could be well used in worship and for a wide range of concerts, and attract organists from the world over to the Auditoire.

After an intensive search, a representative group from the congregations using the Auditoire, advised by François Delor, official organist of the Cathedral of St Pierre in Geneva, selected Bernard Aubertin, a renowned French organ-builder, to build the new organ.

Funds were raised through concerts, generous individual donations and support from the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation and the Loterie Romande.

The Calvin Auditory.
The Auditory in the south shadow of the Cathedral