Biography

Ilona Meskó
 
Graduated at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music on facultiy music composition and orchestra conducting. First conductor, producer end establisher of the Ventoscala Symphonic Orchestra since its start. She works at the Weiner Leó Secondary School for Music since 2000. She teaches music composing as a main subject, as well as its accessorial subjects. Beyond this participates at a chamber music ensemble playing contemporary music. As a pianist she has 20 concerts in a year. Member of Artisjus Hungarian Society for Copyright Protection, the Hungarian Composers’ Union and the Vántus István Society. Cooperated in the music management board of the University of Theater and Film Budapest, the Opera Institute of Liszt Ferenc Academy of Musics, at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier with artist of worldfamous renown.
 
Her music composition teachers have been: Vajda János, Kocsár Mikós, Csemiczky Miklós és Petrovics Emil.
First prize in 2002 at the Vántus István Music Composing Competition, whitch was appointed for under age 35 Hungarian composers. First prize in 2003 at Kincses Composing Competition having been organised by Liszt Ferenc Academy of Musics, at this competiton gained the best performer status in 2001. Took part in the Sári József Austrian as well as Betsy Jolas French music composition courses as a scholarship sponsored student. In 2004 gained the opportunity from the Liszt Ferenc Academy to go to New York to perform at the Juillard School her Ashed Lovers. Won the Kodály Zoltán Scholarship in 2006, 2009 and 2010.
Meskó is a regular participant of contemporary events in Hungary, e.g. the Music of Our Age, Series of World Premieres, Youth Contemporary Music Evenings, Budapest Autumn Festival, Spring Festival as well as the Mini Festival. In 2004 she was commissioned by the Hungarian Academy in Rome and in 2007 by the Liszt Academy to write a piece for the Trombone Contest where she was invited as a jury member, too. Her composition will be the compulsory work at the Bartók Béla International Choir Competition in the final round.
 
Her conducter repertoire consists of over 150 plays already, with more than 70 concerts. As a conducter she was invited to Tirgu Mures (Romania), the MÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Miskolc Symhonic Orchestra, the Budapest Strings, the Hungarian State Opera' Failoni Chamber Orchestra as well as at Brassai Sámuel Chamber Orchestra.
She is one of the 20 canditats who take part at the 51th International Competition For Conductors in Besancon.
Her conductor teachers have been: Gál Tamás, Ligeti András, Youri Simonov, Medveczky Ádám and Tihanyi László.