Biennale College Musica

In keeping with the theme of the Festival, the Biennale College Musica in 2021 addresses “the dramaturgical potential of the voice, promoting new a cappella works of music, sound installations and site-specific performances all dedicated to the voice and set in different locations around the city of Venice” (L. Ronchetti).

4 composers, 3 performers and 1 vocal ensemble have been selected. They include composers Maria Vincenza Cabizza and Manuel Hidalgo Navas who will present two original pieces for vocal ensemble; composers Jack Sheen and Chonglian Yu, who will author two site-specific sound installations which also rely on pre-recorded vocal material; the performers Daniele Carcassi, Xu Tong Lee and Agita Reķe, who will present experimental performances working with the pre-recorded voice; and finally the Ensemble Vocale Evo, with members Veronica Bartolomei, Eleonora Braconi, Alessandro Cavazzani, Cinzia D'Anella, Ervin Dos Santos, and Emanuele Gizzi, who for the Festival will perform a series of fundamental pages in contemporary vocal literature.

The selected conposers and performers will be tutored by Jennifer Walshe, Samir Odeh-Tamini, Guido Barbieri, Thierry Coduys, Roberto Benozzo, Guglielmo Bottin, Andreas Fischer and Catherine Simonpietri for the Biennale College Musica 2021.