Recorded with the Budapest Orchestra
Conducted by Peter Ilényi
Butterflies began with the idea of the monarch butterfly migration and the quiet mystery behind it. Every year these fragile creatures travel thousands of miles across continents, guided by something we still barely understand. What fascinated me most was the thought that after such long journeys and long stretches of time, they are somehow able to find one another again.
The piece grew out of that idea of distance, memory, and reunion. I wanted the music to feel delicate and searching at first, almost like something carried by the wind, before gradually opening into something warmer and more hopeful. It became a reflection on connection — the quiet pull that brings two paths back together even after they have traveled very far apart.
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