Chinese and Belgian awards for the Budapest Festival Orchestra

2011. May 02.

As announced at a press conference in Beijing, the Budapest Festival Orchestra has been awarded the Classical Elite Award for 'Best Symphonic Concerts of the Year' for their appearances in the Chinese capital in October 2010.

This recognition is all the more important, since it is China’s only classical music award, the judges of which include many of China’s most distinguished music journalists and critics. Winners of the Golden Label Award by the Flemish classical music site Klassiek Centraal were also announced recently. The jury gave the Award for Best Concert for the Wagner concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra given this March in Brussels. The award will be presented to conductor Iván Fischer before the orchestra's concert on April 28th in Antwerp.

Source: www.bfz.hu

2.5.2011