On the centenary of György Ligeti's birth, as a part of Budapest Music Center's (BMC) festival Ligeti100, György Kurtág inaugurated György Ligeti Street next to the BMC.

Kurtág’s new orchestral composition commemorates the centenary of his close friend, György Ligeti.

On May 4, 2023, The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, will perform Kurtág's composition for solo violin, solo viola and large orchestra in New York City.

Between 1981 and 2016, UMP Editio Musica Budapest published more than 40 works for wind band, mainly by contemporary Hungarian composers. This tradition is now being continued by five new publications by Árpád Balázs and László Dubrovay.

On March 23, László Dubrovay is celebrated at a festive concert at the Budapest Academy of Music on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Zoltán Jeney, composer, professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, founder of the former Budapest New Music Studio, and member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, who passed away on 17 October 2019, would have turned 80 on 4 March.

The world premiere of Balázs Kecskés D.'s Viola Concerto will be performed by Máté Szűcs at a concert of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra and Rajna Martin on March 19.

One year ago, Péter Wolf's Jazz Preludes, a collection of 24 piano pieces, was included in our catalogue. Shortly before the release of the publication, a recording of the Jazz Preludes was made by József Balog, who will present on 9 February at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest the whole cycle, many of the pieces as first concert performance.