Performance
I Solisti del Vento is Belgium’s most important wind ensemble. The artistic and professional direction of Francis Pollet made that I Solisti del Vento developed into an ensemble which can match the international top in the field of (chamber) music for winds. The main core unifies top musicians, each of whom acquired the reputation of being a renowned chamber musician as well as a celebrated soloist.
I Solisti del Vento was founded in 1991 succeeding 'Die Harmonie', the wind ensemble that arose from the New Belgian Chamber Orchestra (Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest) and played its first concert in 1988. From 1996 onwards, I Solisti del Vento is an autonomous institution that occupies a unique place in the Belgian music scene, partly thanks to the structural support of the Flemish Government. Since 1999, the ensemble resides in the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Antwerp and is campus resident at the Campus of Arts deSingel. In order to guarantee her artistic versatility, I Solisti del Vento has grown into a pliable ensemble, the core of which can be enlarged or curtailed according to the programme to be performed.
