Have you ever heard of Bösendorfer pianos? I think you may well have, we are world famous for our beautiful sound, after all. However, I stand out even among the Bösendorfers, as I was the instrument of one of the greatest Hungarian composers, Zoltán Kodály. He has sadly passed on, but when he was alive, he played on me right here, in his apartment on the corner of Kodály körönd, the square in Budapest that now bears his name. Today, no one lives here, the apartment functions as a museum and presents the work of Zoltán Kodály. Oh, but when he was alive! What wonders he played on me. For example, he wrote the opera János Háry, through which Hungarian folk songs also became part of classical music. In the field of folk songs, he has left behind indelible merits anyway, and he is also credited with starting the collection of folk songs. He began recording folk songs in 1905, which he then continued for a while together with another composer, Béla Bartók. The result of Kodály's decade-long work was thousands of recorded folk songs. In addition, of course, he didn't stop composing, as well as his stage works, he also wrote orchestral works, choral works and chamber works. However, his love of music did not stop at writing and playing music. He considered the development of music education and the widest possible practice of music to be extremely important, which was how the Kodály method was born and began to be tested in practice in 1945, later becoming an integral part of Hungarian education. The basic principle of the Kodály method is simple. Music has a positive effect on everyone, musical knowledge develops children's skills, and the instrument that is at everyone's fingertips is their own voice. It's hard to argue with that, especially when you consider that there is perhaps nothing more refreshing than singing your favourite song.