Lecture-Conference at Ca’ Foscari University
Marco Toso Borella gives a lecture at the Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia as guest of Prof. Antonio Trampus. The title is “BABEL – The Era of Cultural Provocation.” Through an excursus spanning centuries of history, the Maestro presents various forms of cultural/artistic “provocation.” From Socrates, Praxiteles, Akhenaten, who paid dearly for their challenges to […]
Vocal Skyline in Chioggia for Port Days
Vocal Skyline will be in concert in Chioggia for PORT DAYS, the event series that opens the ports of Venice, Chioggia, and Marghera to the local community from October 2 to 9. Join us on October 3, 2026, at the Auditorium San Nicolò in Chioggia at 9:00 PM for a concert-show where the voices directed […]
A talk on the future of Murano Glass
On Tuesday, September 15 at 5:00 PM, Hyatt Centric Murano Venice will host my talk on “Contemporary Horizons for Murano Glass” as part of the 2026 edition of The Venice Glass Week. What is the future for this ancient art? What is the future for my beloved island? What are the prospects for those who […]
L’Osservatore Romano talks about Babel
In a comprehensive review published on August 13, 2026, on page 7, L’Osservatore Romano discusses the exhibition Babel by Marco Toso Borella. In the article written by journalist Alvise Sperandio, the Vatican’s international newspaper, distributed worldwide, highlights how the exhibition is in perfect harmony with Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica humanitas”, of which it seems to […]
BABEL: An exhibition by Marco Toso Borella at the Murano Glass Museum
The lack of communication in the era of social media and AI told through the ancient art of sgraffito on gold leaf. From June 12, 2026, to March 30, 2027 The inability to communicate in a world of hyper-communication takes shape in the works of Marco Toso Borella, a versatile Murano Glass artist, in a […]
THE BIG VOCAL ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT AT THE BASILICA DEI FRARI
Sacred music and Franciscan words Saturday, May 9 at 8:30 PM The over 200 voices of the Big Vocal Orchestra in an entirely sacred repertoire interspersed with Franciscan words and reflections curated by the friars of the Frari community in Venice: the over 400 available reservations were snapped up in a couple of hours for […]
Concert in the Church of Santa Maria del Pianto in Venice
The Church of Santa Maria del Pianto is a small gem of the Lagoon, a church that remained closed and inaccessible to the public for over 60 years and which today, thanks to the efforts of the Fondazione Museo della Scuola Grande di San Marco e della Sanità, will undergo a major restoration project and […]
APRIL 25, ETERNAUTI: FREEDOM AND AI
The dialogue between man and artificial intelligence, power in the age of drone strikes, the “Eternauti” (Eternauts) imagined by the pen of Marco Toso Borella on the stage of the Teatro Goldoni in Venice are navigators of the ether in search of the current meaning of the word “Freedom”. A journey that traverses various musical […]
A sung Mass by the Big Vocal Orchestra
Not a concert, but a true liturgical celebration enlivened by the singing voices of the Big Vocal Orchestra. On Sunday, March 15, the 10:30 AM community Mass of the Frari parish will be accompanied by the singing of the Venetian voices of the choir directed by Marco Toso Borella, with a selection of sacred pieces […]
The Big Vocal Orchestra welcomed the Paralympic flame to St. Mark’s Square in Venice
The full Big Vocal Orchestra, positioned on and around the official Paralympic stage, brought St. Mark’s Square to life with its music while awaiting the arrival of the Paralympic Torch on its journey from Cortina to Venice. The event, which took place on Wednesday, March 4, was part of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Flame […]