MAO–XX – The Modern Art Orchestra's 20th anniversary concert series

The Modern Art Orchestra began operating twenty years ago and has since become one of Hungary's most innovative and diverse musical workshops. To mark this anniversary, the ensemble is celebrating with a three-part premiere series at the Budapest Music Center concert hall. All three evenings of the series, entitled MAO–XX, will feature new compositions and unique musical worlds, where contemporary jazz, classical tradition and poetry all play a role.

The Modern Art Orchestra's series of literary adaptations reaches a new chapter. Continuing the previous program based on the works of Sándor Weöres, the spotlight will now be on the poems of László Nagy, on the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth. The evening's arrangements include such well-known and deeply moving poems as Verseim verse (The Poem of My Poems), Ki viszi át a Szerelmet (Who Will Take Love), Adjon az Isten (God Grant Me) or Csönd (Silence).

The orchestra's composers – Kornél Fekete-Kovács, Gábor Cseke, Kristóf Bacsó, János Ávéd, Gábor Subicz and Attila Korb – once again bring the world of poetry to life with their outstanding talent and unique sound, offering an evening where poetry and music speak to both the mind and the heart.

Further concerts in the series:
31 October 2025 8 PM Modern Art Orchestra | ERKEL DUETS – A Tribute to Ferenc Erkel
29 November 2025 8 PM Modern Art Orchestra | EMERGING ECHOES – An Evening with Young Composers