The annual Art Market Budapest contemporary art fair running on the festival’s sidelines will highlight Israeli applied ar ts and photography, he said.

Hungarian programme highlights include a new production by the Bozsik Yvette Company using compositions by Béla Bartók and György Ligeti and the premiere of Péter Eötvös’ new composition Multiverseum per formed by the he Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Oscar-winning Chinese-American composer Tan Dun will also be Budapest’s guest, Káel said.

Other events during the festival include Budapest Ritmo World Music Festival, the Margo Literary Festival and the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Europe, said Teodóra Bán, a coorganiser.

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