The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement goes to composer Rebecca Saunders (27 September); the Silver Lion goes to the Ensemble Modern from Germany (29 September).
The 68th International Festival of Contemporary Music ran from 26 September to 11 October 2024, directed by Lucia Ronchetti. The programme featured several daily events with international soloists and ensembles as well as the actvities of the Biennale College Musica dedicated to new projects that were included the Festival’s programme.
Biennale College Musica is confirmed as an integrated project in the context of the Biennale Musica 2024. Five new productions by young composers and six young performers complete the Festival’s programme in an autonomous section dedicated to instrumental music, exploring the present and future borders of musical creativity.
All the concerts of the 68th International Festival of Contemporary Music, Absolute Music.
The protagonists of the festival discuss various aspects of their compositional and performance work in relation to the concept of absolute music.
The photographic story by Frankie Casillo unveils the moments “behind the scenes” of the performances of the 67th International Festival of Contemporary Music (Venice, 16 > 29 October 2023).
Rebecca Saunders
Wound
Gérard Grisey
Le noir de l'étoile
Biennale College Musica Composers: Miles Walter, Fantasy for Piano Solo
George Benjamin, Shadowlines
Unsuk Chin, Piano Etudes 1-6
Golfam Khayam
Sâz
Biennale College Musica Composers
Alice Hoi-Ching Yeung, Sonic Ritual
Zsolt Sőrés / Ahad
MUT NAQ FO MUS (IC)
Ash Fure
ANIMAL: for body and sound
Robert Machiri
DJ SET
Tyshawn Sorey
ALONE
Luca Mosca
David Lang, daisy
George Crumb, Black Angels. Thirteen Images from the Dark Land
Benedetto Marcello
VI Sonata a Tré Op. II
Giovanni Sollima
Lamentatio
Miharu Ogura, Rifrazione
Alberto Posadas, Erinnerungsspuren
Biennale College Musica Composers / Hristina Šušak, Nano II
Kaija Saariaho, Nymphéa [Jardin secret III]
Bahar Royaee, Tombstone
Michael Pisaro-Liu, mind is moving (V)
Jaeduk Kim, Unveiling Traces
Søs Gunver Ryberg, Dj set
Pan Daijing, Dj set
Roel Funcken, Dj set
Peter Evans
Concert Solo for Trumpet
Marco Momi, Kinderszenen
Beat Furrer, Konzert
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Sinfonie in einem Satz
Vito Žuraj, Scratch
Clara Iannotta, A Failed Entertainment
Georg Friedrich Haas, Quartetto d'archi n. 10
Samir Odeh-Tamimi, Roaïkron
Wolfgang Rihm, Tutuguri VI (Kreuze)
Georg Vogel
Claviton Solo
Zeno Baldi, Laminar Flow
Lisa Streich, Orchestra of Black Butterflies
Layale Chaker
Qarar / Jawab (Internal Dialogues)
Salvatore Sciarrino, Nocturnes (A. Un sogno di Chopin, B. Sans nuages, C. Fine di un sogno urbano)
Luca Francesconi, Sospeso - A Suspension of Disbelief
Eva Reiter, L'étoffe de la mémoire
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Concerts à deux violes esgales
Lisa Streich, Stabat
Giovanni Croce, Stabat Mater
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Stabat Mater