Foun­ded in 2021, the Haydneum Found­a­tion aims to make pre­vi­ously unknown music from Hun­gary access­ible to a wider audi­ence through research, sheet music pub­lic­a­tions, con­certs, and per­form­ances. The foundation’s focus is on redis­cov­er­ing, pub­lish­ing, and dis­sem­in­at­ing rep­er­toire from the Baroque, Vien­nese Clas­si­cism, and early Romantic peri­ods, thus from the peri­od approx­im­ately between 1630 and 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 in Fer­töd 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.