Dear Audience,

In the 2024/25 season, we will pay tribute to two respectable jubilees. The railway company has a long history of supporting music, but this commitment did not begin with the foundation of the world-class MÁV Symphony Orchestra, which turns 80 in May 2025, and has strong ties with the railway. On February 10, 1924, the Railwaymen’s Singing and Music Society was founded, and it delighted the music enthusiasts of the day with nearly 50 excellent performances across the country until the Second World War brought the orchestra's activities to an end.

The MÁV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945, in the final days of the Second World War, by the Chairman and CEO of the railway company, with a conviction that classical music could help heal war-torn souls.

The MÁV has been supporting the preservation of the values of classical music for 100 years, therefore we are doing everything we can to support the construction of the new headquarters, which gave home to the orchestra in last season.

I am confident that the orchestra will be able to start the 2025-26 season celebrating its 80th anniversary in a completely renovated environment.

The MÁV-VOLÁN Group is also in a period of change. We wish for a domestic public transport as high quality, coordinated and loveable as our pride and joy, the 80-year-old MÁV Symphony Orchestra.

Sincerely yours,

PAFFÉRI ZOLTÁN
CEO of the MÁV Zrt.

dr. Zoltán Pafféri
CEO of the MÁV Zrt.