PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2021 – Director General
Hungarian Heritage House
2020–2021 Chief Advisor to the Director General
Hungarian Heritage House
2016–2021 Professional direction of international cultural heritage and digitisation programmes
Leadership of research, education and archiving projects in partnership with the Sibelius Academy, the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy, the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Ivan Honchar Museum and Addis Ababa University; foundation of the Polyphony Project, Folk_ME and Ethiofolk platforms.
2004–2016 Founder, performer and bandleader – Napra
Hungarian and international tours, album releases, festival and media productions.
EDUCATION
2020–2025 PhD (summa cum laude), Doctoral Programme in Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology
University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Doctoral School
2020–2021 Postgraduate Specialist Training Programme in Cultural Management
EDUTUS University
2002–2007 MA in Aesthetics
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2002–2007 MA in Communication (coursework completed)
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Teaching
- Department of Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs – guest lecturer, 2022.
Publications
- Miklós Both (2024). Egy közép-ukrajnai falusi népi kórus megalakulásának és felbomlásának története a Szovjetunió utolsó évtizedében
[The formation and dissolution of a village folk choir in central Ukraine in the last decade of the Soviet Union]. Ethnographia, 135(3), 491–516. - Craft_ME – Craft Media & Education. A digital platform supporting the teaching of traditional crafts. Hungarian Heritage House, 2025.
- Folk_ME – Folk Music Education for Future Generations. A digital platform supporting folk music education. Polyphony Project / Sibelius Academy (Finland) / Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (Ukraine) / Institute for Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences / Fórum a Népművészetért Foundation, 2021.
- Utolsó Óra ("Final Hour"). Reorganisation and publication of the Final Hour folk music collection through a public database and website. Hungarian Heritage House / Polyphony Project, 2021
- János Fügedi (ed.): Traditional Dance Knowledge Base (Néptánc Tudástár). Institute for Musicology, Research Centre for the Humanities / Polyphony Project, 2021. Digital rebuilding and software development.
- Miklós Both et al.: Polyphony Project. Online folk music archive. Second, revised edition. Polyphony Project, 2020.
- Mátyás Bolya, Miklós Both and Manó Kukár: Ethiofolk. Online archive of Ethiopian folk music and dance. Institute for Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences / Polyphony Project, 2019.
- Mátyás Bolya, Miklós Both: Polyphony Project: a Complex Framework for Musical Folklore Collection. In: Snapshots on Music and Heritage in Europe. Edited by the European Music Council, 2019.
- Miklós Both et al.: Polyphony Project. Ukraine's largest online folk music archive. An online archiving system for the processing and publication of Ukrainian folk music field recordings, Polyphony Project, 2018.
Selected conferences and lectures
- Dagstuhl Seminar 26272 – Open Music Data for Music Processing Research,
invited speaker, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, 2026. - Folk Alliance International Conference, USA, 2026.
- ERASMUS+ BIP Summer School 2025: International Research in Culture and Arts
Education – international summer school, Nuremberg (7–11 July 2025). Community resilience
and cultural practices in Ukraine - Expert Workshop: Digitisation and Cultural Resilience – Afghan Music in the Diaspora –
expert workshop on digital technologies and cultural resilience (Nuremberg,
8–9 January 2025). Community resilience and cultural practices in Ukraine - "Access is Success – Opportunities and Challenges of Accessing Culture in Contemporary
Europe" – international conference in the cultural programme of the Hungarian Presidency
of the Council of the EU (Budapest, Bálna, 18–20 September 2024). Invited speaker - Kaustinen Folk Music Festival – Folk Music in the Age of AI, Finland, 2024.
- The Polyphony Project in the Erasmus+ programme. Mykola Lysenko Lviv National
Music Academy (Lviv), 8 October 2024. POLYPHONY – the largest online archive
of traditional Ukrainian songs - Institute of Ethnography, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE): digitisation of folk culture heritage, 2021.
- XII Conferentia Investigatorum Musicae Popularis Russiae Rubrae Regionumque
Finitimarum (SIMR XII). Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy,
Lviv, 23–24 April 2021. Polyphony Project, Folk Music Education for Future Generations - Folk Music Education for Future Generations. Polyphony Project, 2021. International Webinar.
- WOMEX Conference – Next Generation of Folk Music Education, Budapest, 2020.
- Choreomundus International Master in Dance Knowledge, 2019, 2020.
- NKA Hangfoglaló Programme – Könnyű/Zenét/Tanulni conference, Debrecen, 2020.
- European Institute of Innovation & Technology, INNOVEIT 2019.
- Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy, 2019.
- Community–Space–Settlement educational programme, 2019.
- Music Hungary, 2019.
- "Is Folk Music Still Alive?" – conference on folk music fieldwork in the 21st century, Kecskemét, 2019.
- Európa Pont, Budapest, 2018.
- WOMEX Conference – Collection and Presentation of Folk and Traditional Music, Gran Canaria, 2018.
- Simha Arom ethnomusicology research group, Paris, 2018.
- Ivan Honchar Museum, Kyiv – opening of the Polyphony Project, 2018.
- Institute for Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2017.
- Creative Europe conference, Kyiv, 2017.
- International Forum – Creative Ukraine, 2017.
- Bolyai Conference – Bolyai College, Eötvös Loránd University, 2016.
- European Culture Forum, Brussels, 2015.
Major grant-funded projects
Folk Music Education for Future Generations, 2019 – programme director
ERASMUS+ KA201 – Strategic Partnerships for School Education
Partners:
− Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland)
− Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy (Ukraine)
− Institute for Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)
− Piranha Arts AG (Germany)
− Fórum a Népművészetért Foundation (Hungary)
Ethiofolk.com – Ethiopian folk music and dance cultural database, 2019 – programme director
Within the framework of the project "Bridges Across Continents for the Preservation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
Partners:
− Institute for Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
− Directorate of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Hungarian Open Air Museum
− Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
Polyphony – Collection of the Disappearing European Heritage, 2017 – programme director
Creative Europe – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Partners:
− National Centre of Folk Culture Ivan Honchar Museum (Ukraine)
− Di Mini Teatro (France)
− Ördögkatlan Festival Association (Hungary)
Tandem Shaml, 2016 – researcher
Cafés & Citizenry, Creative Europe, 2011 – artistic director
ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Discography
- Dániel Gryllus, Samu Gryllus, Sándor Weöres: A teljesség felé. Gryllus, 2020. CD.
- Nana Vortex – gold record, 2018.
- Népdalok a Kaláka Versudvarból: Hej, Kapolcsról fúj a szél, 2018.
- Miklós Both: Kínai utazólemez (Chinese Travelogue), Gryllus, 2014.
- Miklós Both: Palimo Story, Fonó Records, 2014.
- Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó II, 2013.
- Both Miklós Folkside: Csillagfészek, 2013.
- Dániel Gryllus: A teljesség felé DVD, 2013.
- Napra: Naiv (EP), 2012.
- Fonott Zene: Folk & Blues, 2012.
- The Twist: Live Through The Cool, 2011.
- Napra: Holdvilágos, 2010.
- Tamás Cseh tribute album: Eszembe jutottál, 2010.
- Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó I, 2010.
- Blind Myself: Budapest, 7fok, eső. 2009.
- Miklós Both: Radnóti. Hangzó Helikon, 2009.
- Napra: Jaj, a világ! 2007.
- Berkó: Berkó, 2007.
- Barbaro: III, 2006.
- Tribute to the Illés band: Amikor én még kissrác voltam, 2005.
Selected concerts
- China tour (Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Lijiang)
- Poland tour (Warsaw, Wrocław, Szczecin, Lublin)
- India tour (New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Saharanpur)
- Italy tour (Rome, Lanciano, Siena, Florence)
- Hungarian Heartbeats. WOMEX opening gala. (Copenhagen)
- Fête de la Musique. (Paris)
- Miklós Both: Unknown Ukraine. (Kyiv, Lviv, Chernihiv). Joint tour with the orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
- Miklós Both: Radnóti – Müpa Budapest
- Miklós Both: Chinese Travelogue – Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Millenáris Teátrum
- Miklós Both: Forgotten Christmas in Ukraine – Advent gala concert, Várkert Bazár
- Miklós Both: Unknown Ukraine – Budapest Spring Festival, Müpa Budapest
Selected work as music director and contributor
- Kivilágos kivirradtig. Television drama (MTV) – music director
- Recirquel: My Land – folk music consultant
- Lautitia Choir Family Advent gala concert – composer, performer
- Duna Art Ensemble: Magyar Anzix – co-composer
- Barbaro – singer, guitarist
- Rendhagyó Prímástalálkozó – permanent soloist
- Balaton Method documentary – composer, performer
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Television
A Dal (Hungarian national song contest, MTVA) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 – jury member
Miklós Both and the Palimo Story (five-part documentary series on Roma musicians in Hungary, MTVA) – protagonist, music director
Academic, professional and public roles
- European Folk Network – member of the strategy board
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences – member of the public body
- Csoóri Sándor Board – member
- National Cultural Fund of Hungary – committee member
- Global Public Diplomacy Network (GPDnet) – representation of Hungary through the Hungarian Heritage House
- Artisjus Award – curator
- Junior Artisjus Award – curator
- Fonogram Award – curator
- Budapest International Documentary Festival – jury member
- Unconventional singing lessons across the Carpathian Basin
- #Bartók, Ludwig Museum – exclusive exhibition tours
- Péter Korniss: Continuous Memory, Hungarian National Gallery – exclusive exhibition tours
Awards and honours
- Amber Heart Award – decoration of the State of Ukraine for outstanding contribution to the international support of Ukraine, 2025.
- European Citizen's Prize – awarded by the European Parliament, 2022.
- Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit, 2018.
- KULT50 – Fidelio Magazine, 2018.
- Guest of honour, Ördögkatlan Festival, 2016.
- Musician of the Year – Öröm a zene, 2015.
- Fonogram Award, Best World Music Album (double nomination), 2015.
- Fonogram Award, Best World Music Album, nomination, 2014.
- Fonogram Award, Best World Music Album, 2011.
- Songlines – Top of the World, 2010.
- Budai Award, 2009.
- Fonogram Award, Best World Music Album, 2008.
CONTACT
Phone: +36 1 225 6000
Email: titkarsag@hagyomanyokhaza.hu
