While the programme in the Palace of Arts will revive the young Beethoven, Balázs Fülei’s solo recital in Szeged on October 11th will evoke the mature composer in his early fifties.

Before Christmas in 1808, on the evening of December 22nd, a unique concert was held in the Theater an der Wien: the premiere of Beethoven's new compositions.

Richard Mühlfeld, the solo clarinetist of the Meiningen Court Orchestra, has „retrained” himself from violinist to clarinetist; what’s more, he was an autodidact.

Twenty participants from ten countries  – beyond Hungarian violinists, pianists and cellists,  young musicians from Croatia, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Germany, the Czech Republic as well as from India and the United States arrived to attend the fourth Echo Summer Academy in the Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó.

Who pays me best shall get my works  – wrote Haydn, a rather talented businessman as well, to his publisher.

The childhood of the Mendelssohn siblings was spent not just in a vibrant intellectual environment – at the age of twelve Felix was already introduced to Goethe – but emotional bonds were also very strong within the family.

The idea of setting up a trio was conceived during the Auer Festival in 2016 when the three artists were playing together for the first time. 

Between August 11th and 17th it will be the fourth time when the Echo Summer Academy is arranged in the Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó.

Ten years ago the actor, József Szarvas established the Fairy Garden in Viszák, a village in Őrség.

Golden chalice, seaside rock castle, waves, faithfulness, old king – these are the key words of the ballad titled ‘The King in Thule’ written by Goethe in 1774. 

Beethoven has composed his fifth, and, at the same time his last Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars in Vienna occupied by French troops.