Venice-based New Echo System is a project that fosters collaboration between Swiss and Italian artists working in music and the performing arts, all with a focus on sustainability.
Based at Venice’s Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, it provides time and space for new ideas to grow and different disciplines to meet.
The project involves audiences in an ever-evolving ecosystem that supports concerts, performances, research, production, collaboration and more in Venice and Switzerland.
In 2025, New Echo System is back with a programme that combines residencies and public events in collaboration with long-standing partners and new organisations.
It kicked off in May (12–16) with a residency by clarinettist and sound artist möf and drummer and composer Francesca Remigi, for a project in collaboration with the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation.
The summer will feature an expanded series of events with both longstanding and new partners. The usual midsummer concert in the sculpture garden of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (9 July), featuring Leoni Leoni, will for the first time be held in partnership with Facciamo la Corte!, a festival that brings music and performing arts to the centre of Muzzano, Ticino, and which is now making its debut in Venice.
The second half of the year will be dedicated to artists’ residencies at Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, starting with a collaboration between composer and multimedia artist Noemi Büchi and double bass player Ferdinando Romano (29 September – 3 October). Next, sound artist Sergei Leonov will be working with jazz musician Nina Baietta as part of a collaboration with L’Abri Genève (27–31 October). The final residency will be Sopraterra, a project by Magda Drozd and Nicola Genovese, taking place from 3 to 7 November. The artists will be in residence together with sound artist Devid Ciampalini.
The year will conclude with a special event at the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, a live performance by Dino Brandão and Mel D on Thursday, 27 November. Afro-diasporic rhythms, European folk, and experimental arrangements intertwine with the warm and soulful voice of Mel D in a concert presented in collaboration with Palazzo Grassi – Pinault Collection, Teatro Ca’ Foscari, and the Festival Facciamo la Corte!.
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What’s on in 2025
Residencies
12–16 May 2025
möf + Francesca Remigi (music)
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Performance: Friday, 16 May at 21:00
in collaboration with Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation
29 September – 3 October 2025
Noemi Büchi + Ferdinando Romano (music)
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Performance: Saturday, 4 October at 21:00
27–31 October 2025
Sergei Leonov + Nina Baietta (music)
Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Performance: Friday, 31 October at 21:00
in collaboration with L’Abri Genève
3–7 November 2025
Magda Drozd/Nicola Genovese “Sopraterra” (music)
Concerts / Performances
Date: 16 May 2025
Artists: Möf and Francesca Remigi
Location: Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Time: 21:00
in collaboration with the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation
Date: 9 July 2025
Artist: Leoni Leoni
Location: Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Time: 20:00
in collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Festival Facciamo la Corte!
Date: 5 September 2025
Artist: Lea Gasser 5tet (music)
Location: Cortile di Villa Orsini, Scorzè
As part of the Festival ‘Jazz Area Metropolitana’
Time: 21:00
in collaboration with nusica.org
Date: 13 September 2025
Artists: Technopagans
Camille Poudret, Adél Juhàsz, Salômé Guillemin
Location: As part of the dance festival “Venere in teatro”, Forte Marghera
Time: 20:30
in collaboration with Live Arts Cultures
Date: 4 October 2025
Artists: Noemi Büchi and Ferdinando Romano (music)
Location: Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Time: 21:00
Date: 31 October 2025
Artists: Sergei Leonov and Nina Baietta (music)
Location: Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi
Time: 21:00
Date: 27 November 2025
Artists: Dino Brandão and Mel D Trio (music)
Location: Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi
Time: 21:00
in collaboration with Palazzo Grassi – Pinault Collection, Teatro Ca’ Foscari and Festival Facciamo la Corte!
New Echo System is a project created by Pro Helvetia and directed by Enrico Bettinello.
