ECM 2026 o Sokratis Sinopoulos & Yann Keerim / Elina Duni & Rob Luft

A double concert matinee in the wonderful barn of the Gasthaus zum Raben in Horben (7 km from Freiburg) concludes the ECM Festival 2026.

Sokratis Sinopoulos & Yann Keerim / Elina Duni & Rob Luft

The Albanian-Swiss singer Elina Duni is an interpreter of particularly fine tones. Her voice is delicate, incredibly slender and at the same time full of expressiveness: Her singing runs through the pieces like brightly shining lines. [...] On this album, Elina Duni glides quietly and softly, but never harmlessly, from mood to mood and language to language, also singing traditional songs from Albania and Kosovo - always with a great feel for music and lyrics. The exceptionally chamber-music-like accompaniment of her three band members carries the singing with great elasticity. A dream: the relaxed, highly virtuosic guitar parts by Rob Luft (with whom Duni also has some moving duo moments here) and the dreamy, beautiful flugelhorn lines by Mathieu Michel. An album to listen to! And to remember!

Roland Spiegel, BR Klassik