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The West has much to learn from Hungarian culture

The high-minded riches of Magyar musical life will be hard to avoid in Britain this year – let's hope some of the wisdom it offers rubs off on us

Ivan Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Credit: Marco Borggreve 
issue 29 July 2023
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