Orbán attends Bogányi piano debut at Academy of Music

Prime Minister Viktor Orban attended a gala concert at the Academy of Music on Wednesday, marking the eve of the Day of Hungarian Culture, which was also the debut of a new, Hungarian-developed piano.

“We need to remember that it is only the ties of Hungarian culture that can make Hungarians a strong and great nation,” the prime minister said in his address at the event.

“Hungarian culture is a thread between parts of the nation torn off and drifted to different parts of the world,” he added.

Referring to the new piano, developed under the inspiration of Kossuth Prize-winning pianist Gergely Bogányi, Orbán said that the “magic instrument” featured all characteristics of the Hungarian nation, such as “unquenchable entrepreneurship, innovation, and the restlessness of the Hungarian spirit striving for perfection”.

The prime minister said while the idea for the new piano was born in Hungary, its creators also found financial support for its development in the country. “Why shouldn’t we think that it will be like that more and more often in the future?” he asked. Orbán also said he hoped the Bogányi piano will become “an envoy of Hungarian culture” in concert halls of the world, and a “proof of the excellence of the Hungarian spirit”.

“Music, as the common language of all cultures, could again bring peace to our world today, when disrespect of one another’s culture has again dug the trenches of hatred,” Orbán said.

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