Biennale Musica 2021

The 65th International Festival of Contemporary Music will run from 17-26 September 2021, directed by Lucia Ronchetti. The programme will feature several daily events focused on the dramaturgy of vocal sounds in the practice of today’s music. The activities of the Biennale College Musica will be part as usual of the Festival’s programme.

Lucia Ronchetti (Rome, 1963) studied Composition and Electronic Music at Conservatorio Santa Cecilia and graduated in History of Music at La Sapienza in Rome. She studied with Bussotti, Sciarrino, Grisey, and Murail. In 2021 three new productions will be premiered at the Oper Frankfurt, Berlin Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

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61st International Festival of Contemporary Music (2017)
Thierry Miroglio

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62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music (2018)
Giacomo Baldelli

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62nd International Festival of Contemporary Music (2018)
David Moss

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63rd International Festival of Contemporary Music (2019)
Atlas Ensemble / Jean-Guihen Queyras / Ed Spanjaard

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63rd International Festival of Contemporary Music (2019)
Georges Aperghis / Ircam, Thinking Things

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64th International Festival of Contemporary Music (2020)
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto / Thierry Mercier / Marco Angius

Introduction

The President

Roberto Cicutto

“The interdisciplinary approach of La Biennale di Venezia will build a new model in which the content proposed by our Directors becomes an ongoing dialogue with Venice and the world, in a spirit of experimentation and openness”.

The Director

Lucia Ronchetti

“The Festival this year presents the complexity of choral composition with the performance of representative works of the past 50 years, and the commission of new compositions that explore the dramaturgical potential of the voice”.

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded to Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The award ceremony will take place on 17th September 2021 (12 noon) at Ca’ Giustinian, the headquarters of the La Biennale di Venezia.

Silver Lion

The Silver Lion has been awarded to the ensemble Neue Vocalsolisten based in Stuttgart. The award ceremony will take place on 20th September 2021 (12 noon) at Ca’ Giustinian, the headquarters of the La Biennale di Venezia.