Szilard Mezei International Improvisers Ensemble - Karszt

The violinist, violist, double bass player and composer Szilard Mezei's biggest project - two and a half hours of music he composed played by twenty-three international musicians. Recorded in Novi Sad, Serbia, Mezei is in complete control with baton and viola, conducting a majestic performance.

On 'Karszt' Mezei explores the relationship between improvisation and composition (similarly to Witold Lutoslawski's aleatoric music and Anthony Braxton's creative music methods), incorporating elements of jazz and authentic folk music as well. The music is monumental in scale, rich in fascinating detail, with arrangements that are influenced by the work of Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.