A listening adventure!
Welcome to Biophony at Brooklyn Botanic Garden! Use our listening map to discover over twenty groupings of musicians sited throughout the Garden.
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What is Biophony?
Join our annual festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, featuring 100+ musicians performing the World Premiere of 15 newly commissioned works, and celebrating the kick-off of Biophony Pop-Up NYC.
About the Experience
You’re invited to explore the stunning 52-acre gardens and discover 20+ musician pods for an outdoor musical adventure. Each listener’s experience will be unique, determined by the wide range of instrumentations, the topography of the site, and the freedom given to participants to explore and discover.
This year’s festival is inspired by nature’s first musicians — birds. Biophony takes place on World Migratory Bird Day 2022, an annual event raising awareness about the need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats.
An afternoon of discovery!
Our composers created flexible, open-score pieces for outdoor performances. Each grouping of 3 to 8 musicians is unique, ranging from a choir of singing dancers, saxophone trio, and instruments from ancient to modern!
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Founded in 1910, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is an urban botanic garden that connects people to the world of plants, fostering delight and curiosity while inspiring an appreciation and sense of stewardship of the environment. Situated on 52 acres in the heart of Brooklyn and open year-round, the Garden is home to over 12,000 kinds of plants and more than 30 specialty gardens.
Support our Artists
Metropolis Ensemble is on a mission to empower outstanding performers and composers through the creation of new work, during and beyond the pandemic. Make a sustaining gift today.
Biophony: The Festival 2022 is co-commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, presented with additional support from Make Music New York. Biophony is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and New York City Cultural Affairs’ City Artist Corps.