The Team of ACA

Our Story Began Here

The Artist Center Agency

A​rtist Center was established in 2023 as a responsive answer to the new challenges of the post-pandemic world. There was a need for an agency capable of organizing large-scale tours and events while paying close attention to the smallest details. Our goal is to create a small yet flexible business that has the expertise needed to succeed. The agency’s founder is well-versed in the world of theater, where they have worked for decades, building a vast network of domestic and international connections with artists, managers, institutional leaders, and backstage professionals. This experience ultimately formed the foundation of the Artist Center.
Artists who choose the Artist Center immediately understand this message. For us, this is not just a job, but a lasting friendship based on trust. Whether it is classical music, musicals, circus arts, or other performing arts, our aim is to develop our agency into not just a company but a true community.

András Szentpéteri – CEO

I​ believe that in all of life, but especially in the performing arts, the path is through relationships. It’s easy to get to know each other and, if we get it right, then we help each other, artists and managers alike. We are on a common path.
I’ve worked mostly in musical theater and in the field of classical music over the past 15 years. This is my happy place; it’s where I’ve discovered something I truly enjoy, something that doesn’t have weekdays, weekends, or holidays. With a small detour, I have previously worked as a journalist and marketing manager in the cultural sphere. In my role as a manager, I can effectively apply the skills I’ve gathered here to ensure that artists have not only an agent but also a copywriter and creative in one package.
I was fortunate enough to tour Europe, Asia, India, the Gulf Region, and America with the internationally acclaimed Budapest Operetta Theatre, where I learnt the fundamentals of the cultural management. To this day, I have the pleasure to work with the amazing artists and professional backstage crew that I met.
I oversaw Pentaton, the oldest artist management firm in Hungary and Central Europe, for five years as managing director. I am grateful for the lessons I learned here to the founder-owner Zsófia Zimányi and my predecessor György Lőrinczy, with whom I have been cooperating for over 30 years. I have worked with orchestras, dance companies, opera singers, the best of the operetta and musical genres. I became full member of the AEAA (Association Européenne des Agents Artistiques / European Association of Artist Managers).
It was then that I got the essence of our profession: we are professional trouble shooters. Whether something is missing from the make-up kit or a sheet of music from the counter, we’re there to take care of it.
I formerly oversaw the concert department at BRAAVI Performing Arts Group, where I expanded my domestic and international network in the arts sector. The time has come to launch my own agency, and I am excited to embark on this new venture.