Joaquim Antonio Peres Fontanes

Place: Santiago De Compostela

Born: 1750

Death: 1818

Biography:

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.