Visually impaired teenager wins organ scholarship
Sixteen-year-old Ivan Deb has won the first Aprahamian Scholarship for young organists, which includes a brand new two-manuals-and-pedals home organ for home practising. The Arabesque Trust, which set up the scholarship to help visually impaired young organists, has partnered with Viscount Classical Organs to provide Ivan with his own Chorum S40 instrument in his home in Watford, north London. Ivan has Marfan Syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue and can affect many different parts of the body including the heart, joints and eyes. Despite the challenges that come with living with the disorder, Ivan has…