Alter Instruments

06/10/2026

Sampo & Modalio Academy 2026 Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SORgdN54IE8
Notre-Dame des Neiges Church, Alpe d'Huez

Mirjam Waser - Tic Tac. Where is the rabbit? On n'est pas encore trop t**d? (Piano & Sampo)
Arturo Gervasoni - Transitional States IV | Sampo & Modalio Academy Orchestra
Delphine Dora - Improvisation (Organ & Modalio)
Jan Juszczak - Qwerty | Francesco Braga (Saxophone & Sampo) & Jan Juszczak (Computer & Sampo)
Roxanne Turcotte - Clarinoscopie | Amelia Rossi Fioravanti (Clarinet & Sampo)
Lucy-Anne Allen & Amelia Rossi Fioravanti - Dowland, Thrice | Lucy-Anne Allen (Violin & Sampo) & Amelia Rossi Fioravanti (Clarinet & Sampo)
Arturo Gervasoni - Qui habet aures... et oculos | Christian Hunault (Organ & Modalio)
Arturo Gervasoni - Transitional States III | Sampo & Modalio Academy Orchestra

06/10/2026

Sampo & Modalio Academy 2026 Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SORgdN54IE8
Notre-Dame des Neiges Church, Alpe d'Huez

Mirjam Waser - Tic Tac. Where is the rabbit? On n'est pas encore trop t**d? (Piano & Sampo)
Arturo Gervasoni - Transitional States IV | Sampo & Modalio Academy Orchestra
Delphine Dora - Improvisation (Organ & Modalio)
Jan Juszczak - Qwerty | Francesco Braga (Saxophone & Sampo) & Jan Juszczak (Computer & Sampo)
Roxanne Turcotte - Clarinoscopie | Amelia Rossi Fioravanti (Clarinet & Sampo)
Lucy-Anne Allen & Amelia Rossi Fioravanti - Dowland, Thrice | Lucy-Anne Allen (Violin & Sampo) & Amelia Rossi Fioravanti (Clarinet & Sampo)
Arturo Gervasoni - Qui habet aures... et oculos | Christian Hunault (Organ & Modalio)
Arturo Gervasoni - Transitional States III | Sampo & Modalio Academy Orchestra

Sampo & Modalio Academy 2026Notre-Dame des Neiges Church, Alpe d'H...

06/10/2026

Some photos from presentation of the Sampo at Musikene in San Sebastián last Friday. Zuriñe Gerenabarrena introduced us and Vicente Moronta played an excerpt of Zuriñe's piece Izar.

01/10/2026

Vicente Moronta's first contact with Sampo! Rehearsal for Saturday's concert in San Sebastián.

01/10/2026

Rehearsal today at Musikene in Saint-Sebastian with Vicente Moronta in preparation of Saturday’s concert in San Telmo museum. The concert is organized by Euskal Herriko Musikagileen Elkartea contemporary music circuit and will include works by Helga Arias Gabriel Erkoreka Zuriñe F Gerenabarrena Xabier Mariño Álvarez

This piece, Izar, was composed by Zuriñe F Gerenabarrena for the Sampo composition contest in 2021.

Tomorrow students and teachers of Musikene can try the Sampo themselves during the presentation by its inventor Alexander Mihalič.

01/10/2026

For Spanish musiciens who are near San Sebastián, we present Sampo at Musikene!
Presentación del SAMPO en Musikene - Viernes, 2 de octubre - 18:00h

11/09/2026

It was a real pleasure and a privilege to work with these great people from all over Europe during the 2026 Sampo & Modalio Academy!

The week was very intense, with collective workshops, individual sessions, and a public concert featuring six premieres, an improvisation, and a beautiful interpretation of Clarinoscopie by Roxanne Turcotte , from the Sampo repertoire.

Videos will be available soon, so stay tuned!

This augmented music academy took place at the Notre-Dame des Neiges Church in stunning Alpe d’Huez. Once again, a big thank you to Christian Hunault and the Notre-Dames des Neignes Orgues et Montagnes Association for welcoming us!

Participants of this edition:
Lucy-Anne Allen - Violin & Sampo (GB)
Francesco Braga - Saxophone & Sampo (IT)
Delphine Dora - Improviser, organ & Modalio (FR)
Amelia Rossi Fioravanti - Clarinet & Sampo (IT)
Jan Juszczak - Composer, guitar, laptop & Sampo (PL)
Mirjam Waser - Composer, piano & Sampo (CH)

2026 Academy Team:
Arturo Gervasoni - Performance, improvisation and composition; direction of ensemble
Alexander Mihalič - Introduction to Sampo & Modalio, working methodology with augmented instruments
Teresa Rosenberg - Coordination

03/09/2026

After Auch (France) and Collbato (Spain), we installed our Modalio Augmented Organ in Alpe d'Huez (France) during Sampo & Modalio Academy. At the final concert of the Academy, Delphine Dora played Modalio with Sampo orchestra and her solo improvisation. Christian Hunault played the composition of Arturo Gervasoni. Lot of thanks to Christian Hunault and "Association Notre-Dame des Neiges" who helped us and created the necessary conditions to build this Alpe d'Huez version of Modalio Augmented Organ!

30/08/2026

Article sur l'académie dans Le Dauphiné Libéré à l'adresse :

Ce jeudi 27 août, l’église Notre-Dame-des-Neiges était investie par l’Académie Sampo et Modalio et ses compositeurs de musique contemporaine venus ...

29/08/2026

Concert of Academy Sampo & Modalio Orchestra yesterday!
thanks to (alphabetical order):
Lucy-Anne Allen (violin & Sampo, composer), Francesco Braga (saxophone & Sampo), Delphine Dora (improviser, organ & Modalio), Amelia Rossi Fioravanti (clarinet & Sampo), Arturo Gervasoni (composer, direction), Christian Hunault (organ & Modalio), Jan Juszczak (composer, guitar & Sampo, laptop & Sampo), Mirjam Waser (composer, piano & Sampo)