Foun­ded in 2021, the Haydneum Found­a­tion has set itself the goal of mak­ing early music from Hun­gary access­ible to a wide audi­ence through research, sheet music pub­lic­a­tions, con­certs and per­form­ances. The found­a­tion focuses on the redis­cov­ery, pub­lic­a­tion and dis­sem­in­a­tion of rep­er­toire from the Baroque, Vien­nese Clas­si­cism and early Romantic peri­ods, span­ning roughly from 1630 to 1820.

In addi­tion to the foundation’s name­sakes, Joseph and Michael Haydn, the rep­er­toire also includes works by com­posers such as Gregor Joseph Wern­er, Johann Sigis­mund Kusser and Ant­on Zim­mer­mann. The Haydneum, with its artist­ic dir­ect­or Görgy Vashegyi, the Orfeo Orches­tra and the Pur­cell Choir, organ­ises con­cert series and fest­ivals through­out the year. These include the Autumn Fest­iv­al and that Fest­iv­al of Sac­red Music in Bud­apest as well as the Eszter­háza Fest­iv­al at Fer­tőd Castle near the Aus­tri­an bor­der.

Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR sup­ports the Haydneum with clas­sic press rela­tions for the insti­tu­tion, as well as organ­ising press trips to its fest­ivals. The aim of our com­mit­ment is to increase the festival’s pro­file both inter­na­tion­ally and in Ger­man-speak­ing regions. Togeth­er with the found­a­tion, we are work­ing on the inter­na­tion­ally recog­nised per­cep­tion of the Haydneum brand.