Bálint Bolcsó (*1979) is a composer and improviser based in Budapest, Hungary. Many of his compositions explore unique situations such as placing an improviser into an interactive environment, researching the limits of a MIDI controlled concert organ or controlling an instrumental ensemble by a laptop performer. As an electronic musician, he is an avid participant of the Budapest free improvisation scene. Recent performances and releases include duos with Jonas Kocher, Christian Kobi, Zsolt Sőrés, István Grencsó, Bálint Baráth, Attila Gyárfás and Oli Mayne. He is a member of various groups such as the Budapest Improvisers Orchestra and the Hermina Artist Collective. Currently active bands include Less Is More 4, BMK (BolcsóMayneKitzinger), Kamon Kardamom, Quelquefois and GÏNGÏLÏ. Besides creating music and sound installations, he teaches computer music at the University of Pécs and at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

Bálint Bolcsó was born in 1979 in Budapest. He studied instrumental and electroacoustic composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest (with György Orbán, Zoltán Jeney and Andrea Szigetvári) and at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (with Iván Erőd, Michael Jarrell and Dieter Kaufmann). In 2009 he received a DAAD scholarship and spent a year in Hanover/Cologne where he studied with Johannes Schöllhorn. He received a DLA doctoral degree at the Liszt Academy in 2015 (title of thesis: Designing an Interactive Music System with an Acoustic Sound Source). He creates instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic works, interactive sound installations, and applied music for film, dance and theatre, and uses live electronics in both composed and improvised music situations. Many of his compositions explore unique situations such as placing an improviser into an interactive environment, researching the limits of a MIDI controlled concert organ or controlling an instrumental ensemble by a laptop performer. For a period of ten years, he was a returning participant at the International Bartók Seminar in Szombathely, Hungary. His compositions have been performed at the Bartók Festival, Budapest Autumn Festival, Making New Waves, Wien Modern, mise-en music festival (New York), CAFe Budapest and Transparent Sound New Music Festival, among others. As an avid participant in the Budapest free improvisation scene, he often collaborates with local and international musicians. Recent performances and releases include duos with Jonas Kocher, Christian Kobi, Zsolt Sőrés, István Grencsó, Bálint Baráth, Attila Gyárfás and Oli Mayne. He is a member of various groups including the Budapest Improvisers Orchestra and the Hermina Artist Collective. He teaches computer music at the University of Pécs (since 2011) and at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (since 2014). In 2016 he was awarded a postdoctoral scholarship within the New National Excellence Program.

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