The Balatonfüred International Guitar Festival is one of the most important guitar events of Hungary, which in the recent years have featured the most prestigious guitarists, outstanding young talents and virtuosi active in the field of classical guitar music. In the past 18 years (2006-2024) guest musicians from 34 countries of the world appeared on the stages of the Balatonfüred International Guitar Festival. As organizers of the event we can proudly say that in the past couple of years the festival equalled with the entertainment of almost 1.5 million people, an atmosphere of international competition as well as the training of guitarists.
The very fact that our programmes cover a wide spectrum of genres ensures that the festival attracts a diverse target group; the common denominator of our participants and visitors is the love of music and classical guitar.
The organizer and artistic director of the international guitar festival is József Eötvös Liszt Award winning guitarist, head university teacher of the Strings Department at the Budapest Franz Liszt Academy of Music.