2014/09/20-10/12 La Biennale di Venezia

The 58th International Festival of Contemporary Music of La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Ivan Fedele, will start on 20 and 21 September with a tribute to Steve Reich, who will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in music, and will continue its programming from 3 to 12 October. The title Limes suggests a music that is far off in space and time, featuring the Eco Ensemble of Berkeley and the Bay Area music, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi that combines Basque and modern traditions, the Meitar Ensemble of Tel Aviv, the polyphonic choir of the Albanian tradition, Violinat and Lapardhase, the music of Anatolia, a crossroads of cultures (Turkish, Iranian, Syrian, Armenian), revisited by the cultured ethnic improvisations of the Galata Electroacustic Orchestra. Ethnic roots, folklore, folk traditions, presented in their original version or filtered through the lens of modernity, run through the 58th Edition of the Festival in a continual cross-reference between the ancient and modern. Read more…