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About Hangvető

Hangvető has been center stage in the CEE region since 2004 for cultivating world music talent, producing and organising events, consulting on and implementing cultural development strategies and creating training programmes for industry professionals through international cooperation. Our Budapest office is often pulsating with the sounds of #worldmusic, #folkmusic and #ethnomusic. We have added new faces to our team recently, just as we keep expanding our portfolio (see below).

Hangvető is once again honoured to host the world music industry’s most prestigious networking event: WOMEX 2020. This four-day event is made possible with the cooperation with our strategic partner CAFe Budapest and with locations such as Müpa, Bálna Budapest and A38 Ship.

We recently launched our newest project MOST, which aims to strengthen the connection between the Balkans and the global world music scene, with an unprecedented 4 million euro grant. This is the first time a Hungarian project has received this level of funding within the EU’s Creative Europe Programme, in the largest category. Our main partners are the European Music Council, Bozar, Piranha Arts, Foundation Exit and Timisoara 2021.

We also organise two annual festivals in Budapest: Ritmo and PONT. The aim is to partner with numerous world music professionals across Europe to foster regional cooperation, as well as to showcase UNESCO designated intangible heritage.

Our Strategic Consulting team’s main focus and expertise is writing grants, then planning, organising and implementing cultural programmes through the European Capitals of Culture initiative, as in the case of Veszprém, Hungary 2023. We are also music consultants for Novi Sad 2021 (Serbia) and Timisoara 2021 (Romania).

With many successful training and mentoring programmes already behind us, our Training Programmes team looks forward to continuing cooperation with the likes of CEU’s Summer University Program, Music Moves Europe (World Pitch) and WOMEX workshops, as well as creating new opportunities to engage with and learn from professionals in the world music industry.

Our Team