Peter Broadbent, conductor and founding director of the Joyful Company of Singers was awarded the Knight’s Cross of Merit of Hungary by President János Áder for promoting and strengthening British-Hungarian cultural relations. Peter Broadbent has been working tirelessly since the late 1970s to perform classical and contemporary Hungarian music to audiences across the UK and Europe. The prestigious award was presented to Peter Broadbent by Ambassador Péter Szabadhegy at the Embassy of Hungary in London on 19 January 2016 to coincide with the National Day of Hungarian Culture.
