Katalin György-Dóczy

Since 2021 she works as the festival director of Transparent Sound New Music Festival, where she worked as project manager since the establishment of the festival. She got her degree in Economics at Corvinus University in Budapest. Trained in Economics, Commerce and Foreign Trade as well as Cultural Management in Hungary. With a background in economics, Katalin worked for several years as international sales budget and revenue planning financial controller at Malév Hungarian Airlines. Katalin has over 10 years of experience in the field of culture and international relations as she worked for Kaposfest International Chamber Music Festival and leads several projects at House of Music Hungary among others and has also a strong background in business and tourism as she worked for small and multinational companies likewise. Katalin works as a cultural manager and head of the PP Sound pillar at Pro Progressione taking part and leading several international Creative Europe projects.

About the 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 organisations 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.
The name of the festival refers to its aims. Transparency in new music means that the audience is involved in interactive workshops and lectures before or during the events, to better understand the new compositional ideas. Meanwhile ‘see-through’ in music refers to compositions with both audible and visual layers – in the form of new-music theatre or new media –, as they are a special focus of this festival.