Pablo Larrain’s new Maria Callas biopic “Maria” will likely premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Variety reports that Larraín’s film will launch at Lido after his previous two tragic female biopics “Spencer” starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and “Jackie” with Natalie Portman as Kennedy Onassis debuted in Venice. The film is among several titles that will likely premiere in {…}
(Credit: Vanessa Francia) The Venice Music Biennale has announced its 2021 program, which is set to take place between Sept. 17-26. Among the major highlights of the festival will be the honoring of composer Kaija Saariaho with the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award as well as 15 world premieres. Here is a rundown of the festival. It all kicks off {…}
Venice Music Biennale’s new Artistic Director, Lucia Ronchetti, has selected composer Kaija Saariaho as the winner of the Golden Lion (Leone d’oro). Ronchetti chose Saariaho for her breadth of work for voice, vocal ensemble, choir, and the originality of her vocal compositions. Her piece “Oltra mar” (“Across the sea”), composed in 1999 and written for choir and orchestra, is considered {…}
(Credit: Genesis Foundation official website) The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced that famed Serbian composer Isidora Žebeljan has died at the age of 54, after a long illness. Žebeljan graduated from the Faculty of Musical Arts in Belgrade. She was subsequently engaged as a professor of composition at the same faculty since 2002. Žebeljan received commissions from {…}
”Sun & Sea (Marina),” a new opera-performance by director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, writer Vaiva Grainytė, and composer Lina Lapelytė, took the main award of the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia — Golden Lion for Best National Participation. The Lithuanian Pavilion in the historic quayside building within the Marina Militare complex has been transformed into an artificially-lit beach {…}