After a three-year hiatus, the extraordinary summer school is back. The Builder Summit, Hello Wood’s greatest-ever event, is organised with the support of the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture and will be held in a post-apocalyptic basalt quarry in Hungary from 6-15 July.

Through InterUrban, the amazing melodies, flavours and creative talents of 29 cities from 25 countries are being brought to Veszprém and the Bakony-Balaton region - the 2023 European Capital of Culture.

Go shine with their and participate in an unforgettable week-long rendezvous of youth choirs and musical ensembles in Veszprém, Hungary - the 2023 European Capital of Culture. 

We asked managers of the European capitals of culture from 2022 to 2025, five same questions to understand their expectations in a clear and concise way. Each interview is preceded by a fact sheet on that European capital of culture. The format is the same for all. At the end of the series of interviews we will try to make a synthesis of objectives, trends, expectations by the Ecocs. After Novi Sad 2022, Esch2022 and Kaunas2022 today we talk about Veszprem, European Capital of culture 2023.

The Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture Programme and Salzkammergut, title holder for ECoC 2024 jointly recommend the i-Portunus mobility programme to musicians, composers and singers active in classical music, jazz and folk (traditional) music.