Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra (Hungarian: Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar) was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players", as described by The Times. Its aim was to make its concerts into significant events in Hungary's musical life, and to give Budapest a new symphony orchestra of international standing.

Similar Artists

Berliner Philharmoniker

Maurizio Baglini

Paul Brooks

Karol Teutsch

Itzhak Perlman

Saint-Preux

Evgeny Mravinsky

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle & Wiener Philharmoniker

Ronan Maillard

Rudolf Baumgartner

Valérie Duchateau

Jan Mulder

Masamichi Amano

Julius Frederick Rinaldi

Wojciech Kilar

L'Orchestre National du Bolchoï

Ettore Stratta

Gustav Kuhn

Cécile Hugonnard-Roche

Francesco Nicolosi

Metamorphosen Berlin

Orchestre National de Lille

Philharmonia Orchestra

Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Vilde Frang & Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Jos van Immerseel