65th International Festival of Contemporary Music

Titled CHORUSES - Drammaturgie vocali, the 65th International Festival of Contemporary Music of La Biennale di Venezia will run from 17 to 26 September, directed by composer Lucia Ronchetti. The focus of attention will be on “composing for the voice, based on the monumental choral works of the past decades to the dramaturgical explorations of the most recent vocal production” (L. Ronchetti).
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Featured in the programme are composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Hans Abrahamsen, George Lewis, David Lang, Luca Francesconi; Sivan Eldar, Sergej Newski, Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Francesco Filidei, Jennifer Walshe; George Aperghis, Arvo Pärt, Sylvano Bussotti, and Morton Feldman: composers from different generations who conceive vocal composition as a means for experimentation and innovation in the contemporary age.
Among this year's performers, the Festival will feature an important Venetian choral ensemble, the choir of the Cappella Marciana, along with some of the most representative choral and vocal ensembles in Europe: the Theatre of Voices from Copenhagen, the SWR Vokalensemble and the Neue Vocalsolisten from Stuttgart, the vocal ensembles Sequenza 9.3 and accentus from Paris, with the participation of the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice and the PMCE - Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble.