"ELIJAH AND THE WIND" by Victor Somma

I am truly happy with the collaboration I just had with the incredible Berten D'Hollander and his wonderfully talented students. It was two days of great depth and joy to be working with such sensitive and capable musicians.  It's not the first time I've worked with Berten, and this time the inspiration for the composition came from an old text that beautifully describes how we all have difficulty listening to our most sublime inner voice, our intuition...  The experience with Berten and his wonderful disciples went beyond the score, we managed, after this recording, to deconstruct the piece, so that everyone could use their intuition to create something new from clay... These moments will also be shared here but for now , I hope you enjoy this piece, soon I will share more moments of this incredible meeting of mutual growth with these "brothers in sound."  

Berten D'Hollander - solo flute;  Soprano flutes:  Kristina Kirilova,  Anna Lydia Podmenik, Hristina Stavreva,  Buonaventura Oliviero, Dario Caporuscio -  Alto flute: Nina Sivosova;  Bass flute:  Juan Jiménes...  Conducted by Victor Somma.  Recorded June 21, 2022 at the Luca School of Arts - Leuven/Belgium  Camera: Fernando Marques Audio: Victor Somma

TEACHING:  Loved by his students, Professor D’Hollander is on the faculty of  Akdeniz in Turkey as a visiting professor.  He gives master classes all over the world as well as performing as a concert flutist.  Professor D'Hollander's students take the most prestigious positions in first class orchestras world-wide.