The Festival d’Ambronay – Centre culturel de rencontre is looking for musicians to participate in the 26th edition of the Ambronay Academy – Sustainable-EEEMERGING!
PPSound
New European Report Reveals How Public Funding Reaches Rural Performing Arts
A new European study, Public Funding for the Performing Arts in European Rural Areas, commissioned by the SPARSE Plus project co-funded by Creative Europe, reveals a persistent territorial imbalance in cultural funding, with predominantly urban areas capturing the largest share of recorded support while rural territories remain consistently under-represented.
European cultural professionals gather in Miskolc to celebrate the future of rural performing arts
More than 100 artists, researchers, cultural organisers and policymakers from across Europe will gather in Miskolc between 23–27 September 2026 for the SPARSE Plus Celebrating Conference, the closing event of the international Creative Europe project SPARSE Plus – Supporting and Promoting Arts in Rural Settlements of Europe Plus.
“The emphasis is not on expectation itself, but on trust.”
Abigél Varga was the fourth person to join the creative process of composing a collaborative musical piece using the “Cadavre Exquis” method as part of the “Mind the Gap” project. We talked with her about what it feels like to join a work that is already taking shape, how she found her own musical voice within it, and why knowing just a single detail of the story offered her both freedom and inspiration.
Learning from Each Other: A Job-Shadowing Journey with Sparse PLUS
Over the weekend, the artistic director of Utcaszínházi Alkotóközösség Association, Balázs Simon, and three promoters of the Sparse PLUS project — Norbert Káló (Szendrőlád), Julianna Budai (Borsodbóta), and Éva Gulyásné (Sajókaza) — visited Cluj-Napoca and Cehu Silvaniei for an inspiring job-shadowing visit.
Lights On Rural Touring – Final Conference of the SPARSE Plus Project
Are you working in the performing arts or cultural sector?
Are you interested in how high-quality performing arts can reach rural and geographically remote communities?
Would you like to learn about inspiring rural touring practices and cultural cooperation models from across Europe?
Then the SPARSE Plus Celebrating Conference is for you!
“It’s hard to strike a balance between continuing to talk about music and speaking out on socially important issues.”
Virág Anna Virág is the first female composer to have contributed to a collaborative piece created using the Cadavre Exquis method within the Mind the Gap project. We spoke with her about her creative methods, her comfort zone, mathematics, and what it’s like to make a name for herself as a female composer in Europe today, focusing on her sequence titled Never Heard.
Singular // Plural
One of the most vibrant contemporary music events returns to Budapest for the thirteenth time. Between 9 January and 8 February 2026, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival once again reshapes the boundaries of concert experiences. Under the title Singular // Plural, the 2026 edition presents performances by international and Hungarian artists, interactive programs, and interdisciplinary events, focusing on the diversity of artistic worlds
TeatRom Festival 2025
September 24–28 | Borsodbóta – Szendrőlád – Sajókaza – Rásonysápberencs – Alsóvadász
ImGame podcast
Immersive experience is a psychological state in which a person’s senses and attention are drawn into a multisensory situation—so much so that they can even interact with it. Immersion originally meant submersion, but today we mostly use it in relation to technological and artistic environments.
The ImGame project is an experimental fusion of digital immersion, contemporary art, and education. In its final phase, Ágnes Bakk, PhD, researcher at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, and Kristóf Szabó, digital artist, will discuss their experiences with the game and the future possibilities of contemporary art education at the Mindenségit Studio.