Ventoscala Comprovisation

Altalena Contemporary Music Days

Improvised Contemporary Music Evening – Spontaneous Compositions

Ventoscala trio

The backbone of the concert is formed not by pre-written pieces, but by complete contemporary music compositions created on the spot with the active involvement of the audience. Feelings, emotions, lines of poetry, or dreamlike images suggested by the listeners serve as the starting point for the improvisations. This method guarantees that every performance becomes a completely unique, one-time, and unrepeatable artistic experience. Through this approach, the experience of listening to music shifts from mere “consumption” toward “participation in the act of creation,” breaking down the traditional barriers between stage and audience.

The production features active and acclaimed musicians from the contemporary music scene. The project’s outstanding artistic value lies in the fact that the performers are also trained composers. This expertise enables exceptionally rapid, on-the-spot composition: drawing on the full breadth of their compositional knowledge, the musicians create complex, structured, yet spontaneously emerging works.

The artistic director of the ensemble is Dobszay-Meskó Ilona, an acclaimed conductor, composer, and pianist. Her experience guarantees the artistic quality of the production. Together with two of her former composition students, Botos Gergely and Szegvári Roland, she established the core of the group; they also co-founded the youth division of the Ventoscala Sinfonietta. The emerging young musicians bring fresh energy and an innovative perspective to the collaboration.

The performers’ instrumental versatility allows for exceptionally rich and colorful musical textures. Alongside the permanent core ensemble formed by Dobszay-Meskó, Botos, and Szegvári, the fourth instrumentalist is selected flexibly according to the theme of each concert or project, drawing on instruments and vocal resources such as piano, toy piano, horn, oboe, bass clarinet, cor anglais, percussion, and vocal improvisation.

This rich instrumental palette, combined with the performers’ compositional expertise, guarantees that the spontaneously created works are not only unique in sound, but also provide a complete and compelling contemporary music experience.