The choral works of LAJOS BÁRDOS (1899–1986) belong to the most valuable part of 20th century Hungarian music history. A former student of Zoltán Kodály - composer, musicologist and teacher - he was one of the founders of the Hungarian choral movement and one of its leading representatives until his death.

We bid farewell to István Láng, Erkel and Bartók-Pásztory Prize-winning composer and former teacher at the Liszt Academy, who died at the age of 91. His memory and his diverse oeuvre, which encompassed many genres, will be cherished.

György Kurtág's one-act opera, based on Samuel Beckett's play, has so far been performed in six countries: in Milan (2018), Amsterdam (2019), Valencia (2020), Paris (2022), Antwerp (2022) and London (2023).  The work is performed in Budapest at the Palace of Arts (12th), followed by the German premiere at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (15th) and the Filharmonie in Cologne (20th).

A selection of Máté Balogh's new choral works can be heard on October 4 at the House of Hungarian Music.

Ryan Wigglesworth, the conductor of the London premiere of Fin de partie, came to Hungary on 11 July and worked with Kurtág for three days at the Budapest Music Center to prepare the performance.

UMP Editio Musica Budapest moves to a new location on July 24, 2023. Our new address: H-1139 Budapest, Váci út 81-83., Hungary

Fin de partie will be premiered in the UK at BBC Proms on August 17.

The Classical Composition of the Year Award of Artisjus went 2023 to Máté Balogh's Sinfonia No. 1 and Bence Kutrik's choral work Song on a Spring Evening. The scores of both compositions have been published by UMP Editio Musica Budapest – congratulations to our authors!

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.