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Projects

A record of every initiative supported by the Foundation since its establishment in May 2024.

The Orbis Pictus Foundation does not operate programmes directly. It supports established institutions and, on occasion, individual practitioners whose work serves the public good across our three pillars. The record below documents that support, organised by year and filterable by pillar and region.

Art & Culture

MMXXVI

2026

English Touring Opera

ETO Gondoliers
ETO Gondoliers2

Art & CultureUnited KingdomApril 2026

UK

Opera.

L'Oiseau de Paradis - Sarah Rouppert

Art & CultureFranceMarch 2026

Ars et Cultura

France

Recording session in Paris.

Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Nederlandse Bachvereniging

Art & CultureNetherlandsMarch 2026

Netherlands

Adoption of two cantatas BWV 32 and BWV 35.

Sophie Gallagher

Sophie Gallagher1
Sophie Gallagher2

Art & CultureUnited KingdomMarch 2026

Ars et Cultura

UK

Bursary to musician.

Beverly Brown - Paul Holberton Publishing

Art & CultureUnited KingdomMarch 2026

Ars et Cultura

UK

Publishing of Mantegna book.

Musica Antica (Oliver Doyle)

Musica Antica Rotherhithe

Art & CultureUnited KingdomMarch 2026

Ars et Cultura

UK

Recording of album (2nd attempt after pmt in 2025 was returned by bank).

Assoc. Le Sommeil, Margarita Slepakova

Art & CultureSwitzerlandMarch 2026

Ars et Cultura

Switzerland

Margarita Slepakova, recording.

Fondation du Patrimoine

Art & CultureFranceMarch 2026

France

Restoration works at Basilica of Vezelay.

Oriel College Oxford

Harpsichord for Oriel College
Harpsichord For Oriel

Art & CultureUnited KingdomJanuary 2026

Ars et Cultura

Italy - UK

Harpsichord for Oriel College, Oxford.

Fondazione Scuola di Musica di Fiesole

Fiesole1
Fiesole2
Fiesole3

Art & CultureItalyJanuary 2026

Italy

Handel Music Festival 2026.

MMXXV

2025

Association diocesaine de Sens

Archdiocese of Sens

Art & CultureFranceNovember 2025

France

New altar for the basilica of Vezelay.

Fondation du Patrimoine

Vezelay

Art & CultureFranceNovember 2025

France

Restoration works at Basilica of Vezelay.

Il Caso Giorgione- Translation

Il caso Giorgione

Art & CultureUnited KingdomNovember 2025

Ars et Cultura

UK

Il Caso Giorgione, translation to English (50%).

The Matthiesen Foundation

Art & CultureUnited KingdomNovember 2025

UK

For donations to Academy of music, English national opera, Holland Park opera.

Sofía Egea Tapetado, cellist

Sofia Tapetado1
Sofia Tapetado2
Sofia Tapetado3

Art & CultureSwitzerlandOctober 2025

Ars et Cultura

Lugano, Switzerland

Musical studies.

Laurene Paterno, soprano

Art & CultureSwitzerlandSeptember 2025

Ars et Cultura

Switzerland

Bursary for musical studies.

Il Caso Giorgione- Translation

Art & CultureUnited KingdomSeptember 2025

Ars et Cultura

UK

Il Caso Giorgione, translation to English (50%).

Liubov Ulybysheva

Luba1

Art & CultureUnited KingdomSeptember 2025

Ars et Cultura

UK

recording sessions.

Artenetra

Artenetra

Art & CultureFranceApril 2025

France

Masterclass Anne Queffélec, Anjulie Chen.

Bridge Group Parish PCC

Patrixbourne1
Patrixbourne2
Patrixbourne3
Patrixbourne4

Art & CultureUnited KingdomApril 2025

Canterbury, UK

Restoration works at St Mary's Patrixbourne.

Masumi Yamamoto

Masumi

Art & CultureUnited KingdomFebruary 2025

Ars et Cultura

London, UK

Production of harpsichord CD.

Pedro Pablo Alvarez McNab

Art & CultureSwitzerlandFebruary 2025

Ars et Cultura

Basel, Switzerland

Bursary to musician.

Peter Humfrey

Peter Humfrey

Art & CultureUnited KingdomFebruary 2025

Ars et Cultura

UK

Publishing of book on Regency Collectors (pmt to Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd).

MMXXIV

2024

Royal Academy of Music

Art & CultureUnited KingdomAugust 2024

London, UK

Bicentenary Campaign.

The Children's Cultural Centre

Jenin Project
Jenin Project
Jenin Project

Art & CulturePalestineJuly 2024

Jenin, Palestine

Purchase of music instruments to Hora, Romania.

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