PARTNERS OF MOST MUSIC Hangvető is a Budapest-based 360° music 昀椀rm with increasing scope in its region and beyond. Hangvető organises world music festivals such as Budapest Ritmo, cultural events like Pont Festival, training programs such as CEU Summer University courses, and develops cultural strategy, with a special expertise in UNESCO Music Cities and European Capitals of Culture. The 昀椀rm also produces 昀椀lms and documentaries, as well as publishes and distributes records. We are the leaders of the MOST, the Bridge for Balkan Music project and of UPBEAT, the European Showcase Platform for World Music. The company won the right to host WOMEX in 2015 and 2020. www.hangveto.hu EXIT Foundation is part of the EXIT Festival team that focuses on social activism. EXIT is one of the greatest music festivals of Central Eastern Europe, deeply rooted in youth social activism. This activism is in the heart of the festival, that EXIT founders never separate from the music spectacle it stands for. www.exitfest.org/en 12
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