XV International Organ Festival in Lviv Kicks Off November 2 with 18 Concerts

In Lviv, from November 2, the XV International Organ Festival will begin, and over the month 18 concerts will be performed at the Lviv Organ Hall.

According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications, the festival will open a new season of organ music in the city.

On the eve of the official opening, November 1 at 21:00, there will be a pre-opening – a candlelit concert by the renowned organist from Vinnytsia, Georgiy Kurkov.

About the festival

This year’s festival is held under the motto “Music that brings light and inspiration.” Over the month, 18 concerts are planned with the participation of 13 organists from Ukraine and other countries.

Among the participants are soloists of the Lviv Organ Hall: Olena Matseliukh, Svitlana Pozdnysheva, Olha Striletska, Mark Novakovich, Vitaliy Dvorovyi; invited organists from various cities and countries will join: Yaroslav Vrublevskyi (Poland, Warsaw), Dominikas Digimas (Vilnius, Lithuania), Georgiy Kurkov (Vinnytsia), Tetiana Zhuk-Sedova (Kyiv), Valeriya Balakhovska (Kyiv), Natalia Lendel (Uzhhorod), Svitlana Bardaus (Chernivtsi), Olha Chundak (Uzhhorod).

The festival’s program will feature major symphonic premieres, unique combinations of the organ with other instruments, video art, and electronics.

The contents and full program of the event are available for viewing in the city’s cultural life reviews.

The Lviv International Organ Festival was launched in 2007 by the Lviv Academic House of Organ and Chamber Music. Initially the festival was held every two years, but during this time the stage of the Lviv Organ Hall has hosted leading European organists and fostered interesting collaborations.

In recent years, the festival has been held annually, even in the difficult times of the full-scale war against Ukraine.

This year’s festival emphasizes the resilience of Lviv’s cultural life and continues the tradition of high music, delivering new emotions to listeners.