The new international calls for Biennale College Musica for the year 2024 are online on the website www.labiennale.org, in accordance with the project developed by Director Lucia Ronchetti in close connection to the theme of the next Festival, absolute music.

Five composers and six performers under 30 from around the world will be selected for a programme of residency, research and production of new creations and performances that will premiere as part of the 68th International Festival of Contemporary Music of La Biennale di Venezia titled Absolute Music, to be held from September 26th to October 10th 2024.

All the selected musicians – composers and performers – will participate in a programme of exploration, research, creation and production lasting 8 weeks, structured into four residency sessions in Venice lasting two weeks each. During the residency each of them will develop their own conception and/or interpretation of the work, in an ongoing discussion with the team of Biennale College Musica tutors each in their own specific area of interest, analysing the instrumental dramaturgy, experimenting with the various techniques and the new performative practices, looking also to past and recent literature on their area of choice.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 27TH JAN 2024