67th Venice Biennale Music Festival: Club Culture, Digital Sound, and Brian Eno Golden Lion
The 67th International Festival of Contemporary Music at the Venice Biennale is set to take place in Venice from October 16 to 29, 2023. Brian Eno will be honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The festival will feature Club Micro-Music at Teatro alle Tese, showcasing performances by Steve Goodman (Kode9) and Loraine James in "La Notte di Nero." Additionally, the Sonic Acts festival will present DJs such as Emme and Aya. The event will conclude with a concert by Nicolas Becker and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. The Digital Sound Horizons segment will highlight installations and performances by emerging composers like Jaehoon Choi and Lydia Krifka Dobes. Guy Ben-Ary and Nathan Thompson will unveil "Music for Surrogate Performer." Biennale College Musica 2023 has chosen 10 artists for residencies, while Giovanna Natalini will create audio documentaries for Rai Radio3's "Tre soldi."
Key facts
- 67th International Festival of Contemporary Music of the Venice Biennale runs October 16–29, 2023.
- Brian Eno receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
- Club Micro-Music section features club nights at Teatro alle Tese.
- Steve Goodman (Kode9) and Loraine James collaborate in 'La Notte di Nero'.
- Sonic Acts festival brings Emme, S280F, Soft Break, Aya, Yen Tech, Snufkin to Venice.
- Closing concert by Nicolas Becker and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
- Digital Sound Horizons section includes commissions to seven young composers.
- Guy Ben-Ary and Nathan Thompson present 'Music for Surrogate Performer' using Alvin Lucier's neuronal cells.
- Biennale College Musica 2023 selected 10 artists from 300 applications.
- Residencies at CIMM in Venice focus on web archives, algorithmic composition, AI, AR, biotechnology.
- Giovanna Natalini produces audio documentaries for Rai Radio3's 'Tre soldi'.
Entities
Artists
- Brian Eno
- Steve Goodman
- Kode9
- Loraine James
- Emme
- S280F
- Soft Break
- Aya
- Yen Tech
- Snufkin
- Nicolas Becker
- Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- Jaehoon Choi
- Lydia Krifka Dobes
- Fabio Machiavelli
- Estelle Schorpp
- Severin Dornier
- Leonie Strecker
- Alexis Weaver
- Guy Ben-Ary
- Nathan Thompson
- Alvin Lucier
- Giovanna Natalini
Institutions
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Teatro alle Tese
- Hyperdub
- Sonic Acts
- Ars Electronica
- CIMM (Centro di Informatica Musicale e Multimediale della Biennale di Venezia)
- Rai Radio3
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands