The natural personal quality of music, or the nature of this personal quality, is elusive and almost impossible to grasp precisely – and of course not only because its most important components, sound and time, cannot be held in one’s hands
One of the most vibrant contemporary music events returns to Budapest for the thirteenth time. Between 9 January and 8 February 2026, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival once again reshapes the boundaries of concert experiences. Under the title Singular // Plural, the 2026 edition presents performances by international and Hungarian artists, interactive programs, and interdisciplinary events, focusing on the diversity of artistic worlds.
The works, which can be seen until the end of March, are connected by “silence”, as visitors can watch films in the exhibition space with the common feature of having no sound accompanying the projected sequences.
"The primeval essence of color is a phantasmagorical resonance, light become music. At the
moment when thought, concept, formulation, touch upon color, its spell is broken, and we
hold in our hands a corpse.”
The 12th Transparent Sound New Music Festival Starts on January 11 – POLYCHROME
(January 11 – February 9, 2025)
The surrounding novelty breaches the hull of the ship: at such times, art connoisseurs attempt to draw conclusions from the forms of openings—often fortuitous ones. However, these openings do not actually represent the Novelty itself; rather, they merely indicate the holes through which its pressure struck. It has not yet assumed its final form, merely pointing to those points where it broke through—the demand for Manifestation itself. – Miklós Erdély
Sound_Tracks is a (soon-to-be-released!) interactive encyclopedia of music, created by Berlin-based ensemble, DieOrdnungDerDinge.
An interactive listening and sound-making experience by Germaine Liu and Christopher Willes of Toronto, Canada.
An elegant physics-based musical game and composition tool by Chinese creative developer, Wenzy.
A luminous 12-tone strategy game for two players created by Dániel Vaczi and Pál Dávid Lászlo.
