Lucia Ronchetti, director of the Biennale Musica, paints a gloomy picture of the panorama for young people who graduate from the conservatory to dedicate themselves to symphonic and operatic writing. 'Italian composers must go abroad to complete their training.

In France and Germany, for example, they are welcomed with greater sensitivity and attention in artistic residencies and in programs dedicated to emerging artists', she says. Palazzetto Bru Zane, who works in Venice on the rediscovery of the French romantic repertoire, dedicates on 8 March to four female composers.