This July and August, Haydneum welcomes audiences to Eszterháza over a total of six weekends, inviting those who appreciate music—more specifically, music performed on period instruments.

Once again, the summer program series, now considered a tradition, will feature numerous outstanding representatives of historically informed performance: from ensembles such as the Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, Capella Savaria, and Aura Musicale, to keyboard artists including Petra Somlai, János Balázs, József Balog, Mihály Berecz, Hilko Dumno, and Zsombor Tóth-Vajna. Their participation will bring to life, through a series of concerts running each weekend from Friday through Sunday evening, the musical world that flourished in this region during the heyday of the so-called “Hungarian Versailles.” This will be achieved through performances of works that were once part of the local repertoire, many of which were composed directly in the service of or commissioned by the Esterházy princes. The works of the princely Kapellmeister, Joseph Haydn, and his contemporaries will sound in the palace’s historic spaces, in the truest sense of the word, in their original setting—no longer for the entertainment of princes and their fortunate noble guests, but for our own delight.

Co-operating partner: Eszterháza Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.