Electronic contaminations, ethnic influences, minimalism, lyricism, ancient instruments, and new sound. To define exactly what our autumn festival is about has become harder and harder. It all started with jazz, but we are at a point where souls and provenances and languages evolved far beyond that. Established performers like Edmar Castañeda, Gabriele Mirabassi, Sarah McKenzie, Marcin Wasilewski, Daniele di Bonaventura & Giovanni Ceccarelli, Markus Stockhausen and the Scott Colley Quartet, Jacob Karlzon, Benjamin Koppel, Magnus Öström, and young new projects like Tango Nuevo by Kristina Vocetková and Milan Řehák, or the blend of Italian and Egyptian music by Michel Godard (come watch him play the serpent) and Ihab Radwan, or the lyrical minimalism by Filippo Vignato and Enzo Carniel. If multi-cultural diversity, plurality of voices, and beauty are what you are after, Venezia Jazz Festival Fall Edition is the place to find them. Let’s start with the Edmar Castañeda/Gabriele Mirabassi duo: Castañeda plays the Colombian diatonic harp, drawing from South American traditional music and from jazz, Mirabassi is a clarinettist with few rivals. His technique is amazing. Experimentation is what Paolo Dellapiana and Martina Bertoni have a thing to say on with their combination of electronic music and modern composition.

Acclaimed Australian jazz singer and pianist Sarah McKenzie will present her latest album of Brazilian music as well as the fantastic jazz pieces that made her famous. Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski heads one of the best piano jazz trios around. Elective – artistic – affinities brought bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura and pianist Giovanni Ceccarelli togather, while the event in our programme you absolutely cannot miss is KOKC, an all-star band with four of the strongest names in the international jazz scene: legend bassist Scott Colley, Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon, saxophonist Benjamin Koppel, and Swedish drummer Magnus Öström. Lastly, classical, jazz, and avant-garde blend with electronic sound in Markus Stockhausen’s show. A beautiful musical journey that touches the most beautiful places in town: the Fenice Theatre, the Auditorium Lo Squero, the Splendid Venice Hotel, our own jazz club at Laguna Libre, and the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, traditionally the place for the most experimental projects. Art and music mix together into a magical union.