Hungarian orchestra cheers locked down Budapest with drive-by music


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Residents of a nursing home enjoy as the MAV Symphony Orchestra plays classical music recordings on loudspeakers of a car going around the city in Budapest. Photo: Reuters

Hungary's MAV Symphony Orchestra is taking its music to the streets of Budapest to lift the spirits of residents quarantined in their homes amid the coronavirus pandemic, and it appears to be working.

The orchestra founded by Hungarian railway company MAV is 75 years old this year and remains one of the country’s leading classical ensembles.

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