Hagyományok Háza / Hungarian Heritage House

The Hungarian Heritage House is a national cultural institute to preserve and promote the traditional culture of the Carpathian Basin.

Its scope of activities cover the following areas:
- performing arts programmes through performances of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and its orchestra, as well as many other bands and dance ensembles
- co-partner of music festivals and operates a concert venue in a fully modernized historical building at the heart of Budapest, close to the Danube at Buda side of the city
- folklore documentation for scientific and education purposes with the services of its library and archives,
- applied folk arts programmes and adult education with accredited courses
- collection and exhibition of items related to folk art in its Museum of Applied Hungarian Folk Art
- cultural management and networking throughout the Carpathian Basin to transmit the values of traditional culture.

The mission of the newly organized international team is to contribute to making the values of traditional culture internationally more recognized world-wide. The selected bands of the international portfolio of the institution are involved in mentoring programs and workshops led by well-known musicians and professionals of the genre with the aim of getting new perspectives and extensive knowledge in the field of the music industry, the self- and band management, touring, networking...ect, also have the opportunity to show their talent on different stages of international venues and showcase festivals.

Our primary focus is on music, mostly - but not exclusively - folk music projects. The main objective is to facilitate the development of the folk and world music scene and to develop international possibilities for them. We intend to get involved in cultural exchange projects, by inviting groups and ensembles of similar genres to our venues.

WOMEX is an excellent occasion for us to build partnerships and strengthen connections.

With its intermediary role, HHH works between music professionals and the international music industry.