PP Sound

The PP Sound pillar sees music as a powerful tool that has the ability to transcend lingual barriers and connect people on a deeper level through a universal language. We see music not merely as an art form, but rather as a facilitator of cultural experience that builds community and strengthens cross-cultural relations. We strive to nurture and support the root system of our music industry, foster connections, and create long-lasting impact through our sustainable projects that are strongly supported by the European Commission. Our POLYPHONY PROJECT worked with Ukrainian musicians to preserve their folk culture by archiving recordings. Whereas our interdisciplinary HOME PROJECT invited passersby to share their personal stories which were then transformed into music.

Keeping the sustainability of our efforts in mind, we are impelled to take on educational projects as well, such as FOLK_ME – an educational tool developed as a solution to preserve disappearing European folk heritage. Our latest project, KidBeats considers the future of how our youngest generations connect to music.

Júlia Mihályfy – project manager

I believe art allows us to express our inner self and our way of experiencing the world, all types of art. Words alone cannot faithfully communicate the most intimate concepts, that’s when music as a universal language intervenes and helps us connect with others in a deeper way. Cultural and linguistic boundaries can be traspassed with music, so we can even experience what it feels to become One. Through PP Sound’s pillar projects we can contribute to this matter and together achieve this goal. I am pleased to be part of this process.

S-EEE – Sustainable EEEmerging

Sustainable EEEmerging (Emerging European Ensembles) is aiming to boost the sustainability of young artist careers and of organisations in Early Music.
This project fosters the transformation of Early Music into a sustainable and vibrant ecosystem. By orchestrating innovative hybrid and blended learning initiatives, this project sets its sights on diverse stakeholders including young talents, music professionals, Early Music artists, students, and key industry players. S-EEE’s core objectives encapsulate its commitment to shaping a resilient future for Early Music by equipping emerging artists with entrepreneurship skills and sustainability competencies. The project provides a space for Early Music partners to discover and adopt sustainable and innovative approaches, enhancing local and global sustainability in the Early Music sector. Our goal is to create a dynamic platform that benefits musicians, professionals, students, and the broader community, through collaborations with a diverse range of artists, audiences, and local stakeholders, the project envisions a thriving ecosystem.

HoME – Home. Music. Europe.

Our inner stories connected to wars, enmity, traumas are part of our oral history overarching generations in our family and can not be shared easily as they are extremely subjective and intimate. Our Family House project aims to create a space in which these shared stories can meet and become something nonverbal. Content of the shared words can be transferred to music in the form of a mobile installation set up in four countries settlements.

KidBeats

Since the beginning of human history, dating back to our primal ancestors, music has played a fundamental role in our evolution.

MOST

The mission of MOST is to boost the music market of the Balkans, by connecting and supporting actors of the world music scene; artists, managers, festivals and institutions. MOST builds a bridge connecting the Balkans and the global music market, a bridge made up of personal connections, experience and exchange.

ImGame

ImGame interweaves serious gaming and immersive aesthetics. It serves as a tool to interactively demonstrate the research results concerning the phenomenon of immersiveness in contemporary art.

SPARSE plus

Supporting and Promoting Arts in Rural Settlements of Europe (SPARSE) will foster rural touring in the partner countries taking performances by professional performing arts companies and artists into rural areas to rural audiences in local community venues.

Transparent Sound New Music Festival

The Transparent Sound New Music Festival (meaning also ‘see-through note’) was founded by two composers, Balázs Horváth and Samu Gryllus, in 2014 in cooperation with several renowned concert halls and organizations in Budapest: the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Trafo House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest Music Center, Müpa Budapest and FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, among others.

Polyphony – Unknown Ukraine

POLYPHONY was a collaborative research project involving traditional and contemporary music and performing arts to discover, record and promote the disappearing cultural heritage of Ukraine. The main goal of the project was to digitize and archive the last living peasant music in the remote areas of Ukraine and to present it Europe-wide by using contemporary tools of music and performing arts.

Folk_ME – Folk music for the future generations

Folk_ME project targets public music education in Europe with developing an innovative digital tool.