The Vortex Ensemble is a group of composers and musicians who work in Geneva. Out of a shared wish to create and present contemporary serious music, eleven professional musicians of African, Latin-American and European origin created an association in 2005 and organized a series of concerts. Success, the fruit of hard work of talented composers and highly professional musicians, was immediate. Since then the Ensemble has been organizing in each season three concerts where members present their new creations as well as three other concerts where they play pieces from their repertoire. Each event provides an opportunity to commission the composition of new music by various composers of different artistic directions. The group makes every effort to support young talents: they play new works of emerging composers at every concert. The work of Vortex combines the latest composition techniques with the