A baroque organ for Ukraine
Help bring a fully-restored van Vulpen pipe organ to Lviv's first variable-acoustic concert hall — €325,000 raised together.
A van Vulpen organ, restored and expanded
Built decades ago by van Vulpen Orgelbouw in the Netherlands, this organ served a Reformed Church for over thirty years before being removed for a new life. It is being lightly refurbished and expanded by six new stops — essentially a new instrument at considerably less cost than building one from scratch.
- Builder
- van Vulpen Orgelbouw, Netherlands
- Original installation
- Reformed Church, the Netherlands · 30+ years in service
- Refurbishment
- Six new stops, mechanical action restored
Lviv has extraordinary musicians and almost no first-class instruments to match them. A concert organ of this calibre opens up a body of repertoire currently unavailable to Ukrainian organists in their own country. It also makes Lviv a destination for visiting artists from across Europe — a city that gives, not just receives. Your gift funds a physical instrument that will serve generations of Ukrainian musicians.
Where it will live
We are in conversations with the Lviv Music Lyceum — an institution that teaches young musicians through high school. Their leadership shares our vision, and their new concert hall, Ukraine's first with variable acoustics, is the intended home for this organ. The hall will serve both as a teaching space and a public venue.
€325,000, fully refurbished and installed
An itemized quote from van Vulpen Orgelbouw is available on request.
The figure includes acquisition, refurbishment, six new stops, transport from the Netherlands, and installation in Lviv.
Some years ago I began traveling to Lviv to study Ukrainian, and to learn the language of a culture I had come to love. What I found, alongside the language, was a community of young musicians of extraordinary talent and modest resources — playing on instruments that did not match their gifts. The Lviv Early Music Foundation grew out of that observation. The van Vulpen organ is the largest single thing the Foundation will do, and it is the project I most want to discuss with you in person. I am in Lviv now and reachable any week — please write.
— Larry Tremsky
Founder · Lviv, Ukraine
How giving works
We have three ways to support this project, in roughly increasing order of conversation: an immediate gift via card, a tax-deductible gift through our US partner, or a personal commitment we discuss together.
Write to Larry
The right path for major commitments. Larry will answer your questions on a call or by email.
Write to Larry about the organGive via Cathedral of the Incarnation
US tax-deductible. Choose "Ukraine Organ Fund" from the dropdown on the Cathedral's donation page.
Donate at incarnationgc.org →Make a partial gift via LiqPay
From Ukraine or Europe, in any major currency. The LiqPay button lives on the main support page.
Go to the LiqPay button →Major gifts include named recognition opportunities. Larry will discuss what is appropriate for your commitment in person.
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