Venice Festival of Contemporary Music

The Venice Festival of Contemporary Music (Italian: Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea della Biennale di Venezia, or simply Biennale Musica) is an adjunct of the Venice Biennale festival.

The festival was founded in 1930[1] as part of the Venice Biennale.[2] Some works by Prokofiev and Stravinsky were premiered at the festival. Among composers featured in the first year were William Walton, Manuel De Falla, Zoltán Kodály, Ernest Bloch, Ferruccio Busoni, Arthur Honegger, and Paul Hindemith.

Excluding interruptions in World War II (1939–45), the festival has continued to the present.

References

  1. ↑ Coulling, Ian (18 August 2021). "The Venice Music Biennale". Images of Venice. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "History". La Biennale di Venezia. 7 April 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2026. Retrieved 30 July 2026.



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