Designed to engage every sense – Intermezzo Festival returns to the House of Music Hungary

Date: 2026.05.07

Drawing you in while opening up new perspectives, the Intermezzo Festival brings together contemporary art, experimental technologies, and the underground scene. Organised by students of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design at the Hungarian House of Music, it sets the tone for the start of summer. Alongside concerts, contemporary dance, site-specific installations, and immersive events in the Sound Dome complete the experience.

This year again, the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and the Hungarian House of Music invite fans of contemporary art and the local underground to a shared adventure. On 22 May, the Intermezzo Festival returns for its fourth edition, with student creativity, innovative installations, and the latest from Hungary’s music scene coming together one of Városliget’s iconic cultural venues.

This year’s line-up builds on genre diversity: Samurai Drive brings a noir-tinged electronic blues sound, while a joint project by Gege and Bizmuth combines improvisational rap with modular electronics. The programme also features Berlin Hotel Collective with their jazz-funk fusion, Telehold with their indie post-punk sound, and Gánjálló, blending Balkan and Eastern European melodies with free improvisation.

The layered, multi-sensory experience is complemented by striking site-specific installations, alongside a pop-up exhibition by MOME students exploring how sound and image intersect. Some works focus on the “invisible” colours and forms of sound, others on the constant shifts of sound waves, the dynamics of rhythm and volume, or the monotony of everyday noise.Turning sound into something tangible and spatial, the exhibition will be on view not only on the day of the festival, but also between 11 and 25 May across the House of Music Hungary.

The visual dimension is elevated by movement-based performances from students of the Hungarian Dance University. The festival features striking dance performances, distinctive textile constructions, and live spatial compositions, where body, material, and environment together shape how the work is perceived.

Movement is not limited to watching. The Wild & Resty dance workshop invites participants to take part in a shared creative process through fine tuning body awareness. It offers a way to rethink the limits of both body and attention, creating a space where raw, impulsive bursts alternate with softer phases, giving rise to intense states of movement.

The immersive experience culminates in the Sound Dome, with audiovisual performances and sessions shaped by organic sound.

From 5:00 p.m. on 22 May, the Intermezzo Festival sets the stage for an immersive artistic space, where sound, visuals, and movement come together to create a new experience.

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Best regards,

The Intermezzo Team

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