Press News

Budapest, June 11, 2008

At a press conference Magyar Telekom Symphony Orchestra presented the programs and novelties of the 2008/2009 season. In addition to highly successful existing series, a Beethoven season ticket and Romantic season ticket will be offered to music-lovers. From June 30 Gábor Bolvári-Takács will no longer be the Executive Manager of the orchestra.

In the 2008/2009 season the orchestra will continue with its program structure elaborated in the previous season. New series will be started in addition to the very popular Classical series, Annie Fischer season ticket, Bach series continuing in the spring of 2009 and 20th Century series, as well as the Pinocchio and Goblin youth series. An orchestral series entitled Romantic season ticket will start; it is organized around the wonderful music of Dvořák. Another novelty will be the Beethoven season ticket that includes all piano concertos and four symphonies of the composer presented in the Main Hall of the Academy of Music.

The orchestra will also appear at several summer programs. This summer too it will participate at the Ferencváros Festival held in Bakáts tér in the performance of Verdi’s Otello with international artists. Concerts at Vajdahunyad Castle will also continue. This year András Keller and his orchestra, the Magyar Telekom Symphony Orchestra, will be invited to perform on August 10 as guests of the Zemplén Festival in Sárospatak.

In addition to the programs, a change in the personnel was also announced at the press conference. At the end of June Gábor Bolvári-Takács, whose contract expires, will leave the orchestra. Until the new Executive Manager is selected Music Director András Keller will lead the orchestra.