Joaquim Antonio Peres Fontanes

Plaats: Santiago De Compostela

Geboren: 1750

Dood: 1818

Biografie:

Joaquim Antonio Peres Fontanes was a Portuguese organ builder. He built two impressive organs for Lisbon Cathedral, one of which is still in the cathedral and the other now in Santa Engrácia. He also built some instruments for provincial Franciscan churches, including Lamego (1791) and the convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (1797) at Ponta Delgada in the Azores. His involvement with the construction of the six organs for Mafra (1792–1807), undertaken by royal command, indicates that his reputation as a builder was more extensive than the surviving evidence suggests.