With artistic leadership from András Keller and Imre Szabó Stein as director, Mozart Day 2024 by Concerto Budapest – Live stream at Gramophone and Index.hu, has reached the final of the prestigious competition in the category Music & Entertainment in Film & Video. It will compete for the Lovie Award with Epidemic Sound, from the Swedish company Acumen Media. The results will be announced to the public at the start of November. A sibling to the American Webby Awards, the Lovie Awards (https://www.lovieawards.eu/) is considered the most prestigious competition in Europe for internet content (videos and adverts). Staying true to its traditions, it puts the finalists' work to an online international public vote, with the winner earning a People’s Lovie Award. You can vote for the Hungarian film here until midnight, 17 October: Official Finalist Listing.

The Arcus Temporum in Pannonhalma is preparing for its 20th anniversary between 23-25 August 2024. The contemporary art festival is a true community celebration, not only because of the two-decade anniversary, but also because this year the Benedictine monastic community is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the medieval restoration and consecration of the Basilica St. Martin.  The five concerts of this year juxtapose the work of Mozart with that of the recently deceased Péter Eötvös, an exciting pairing in itself, not to mention the fact that the eminent Hungarian composer selected the works himself, with artistic director András Keller. 

One of the world's most sought-after violinists, Augustin Hadelich, Professor at the Yale School of Music, will join Concerto Budapest to perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, conducted by András Keller, on 28 May at Müpa Budapest. On the day after the concert, the artist will give a masterclass for exceptional talents in higher education at Concerto Budapest's Páva Street headquarters, which is free to all interested people.

We are more than delighted to announce: Augustine Hadelich will hold a free public masterclass in May as part of the Concerto Master Class programme! Click for the details.