"Musica Assoluta" is the title of this year's music festival at the Venice Biennale. The opening concert with Ensemble Modern and the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, conducted by Tito Ceccherini, will feature violinist Leonidas Kavakos, who will interpret Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto No. 2.
Rebecca Saunders' Wound for ensemble and orchestra is also on the programme. This year, the composer will be awarded the Golden Lion for her life's work.
Ensemble Modern will also be honoured by the Biennale: it will receive the Silver Lion 2024 for its "indomitable and courageous creation of musical projects in collaboration with the most interesting and renowned composers and performers spanning different media and musical languages".
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