77 composers and 34 concerts performed by 13 leading ensembles, 3 orchestras, 8 soloists, as well as meetings, seminars, workshops: this is the 52nd International Festival of Contemporary Music, to be held in Venice between the 2nd and 18th October. Roots / Future is the title chosen for the Festival by the new director, Luca Francesconi: young composers or from the mid-generation, whether newcomers or established, appear alongside some great masters who have left their mark on 20th-century music and beyond.