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Péter Eötvös
Gergely Vajda
Martin Rajna
Jonas Bürgin
Andrea Jőrös – soprano
Devi Suriani – alto
Sarah Defrise – mezzo
Daniel Nicholson – baritone
UMZE Ensemble
Budapest Music Center celebrates György Kurtág's 95th birthday with a four-day online festival. The opening event is organized in cooperation with the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation. The concert introduces the mentored composers and conductors participating in the Foundation's masterclass, while the professors, Peter Eötvös and Gregory Vajda also make an appeareance as conductors, celebrating the life and works of György Kurtág. The free live stream will be available on BMC's website and Youtube channel, and on the Facebook pages of BMC and the Peter Eötvös Foundation.