Budapest Festival Orchestra – An Orchestra Organized Like No Other

“The whole philosophy is different from any other orchestra I know. There is no job security, no union, and no limits to how much we can rehearse and work.” It sounds, frankly, bonkers. What performer would sign up for a musical life of deregulated working conditions, in which the conductor – usually Fischer himself – can insist on whatever hours he chooses? Well, about a hundred of Hungary’s finest musicians, it turns out.”