A look back at our Summer Festival 2024, where we explored "Curiosity", celebrated the 20th anniversary of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy, and welcomed classical music's biggest stars 💙 Main Sponsors Kühne-Stiftung | Roche | UBS | Vaillant | Zurich Versicherung Schweiz youtube.com/watch?v=9a3-_G…

20 Years Lucerne Festival Academy 20 Years of curiosity In our Summer of curiosity 2024, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy, our school for new music and our laboratory for the future.

It was a very special honor to make music at the Children's Hospital of the Luzerner Kantonsspital. Miranda Nee, He-Yuan Cheng, and Tsung-Yu Tsai of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy surprised patients, parents, and the hospital staff with some delightful Mozart.

For the final concert of their anniversary summer, the #LucerneFestivalAcademy put four female composers in the spotlight. The Ensemble of the LFCO presented works by Yang Song, Kaija Saariaho, Elnaz Seyedi, and Hannah Kendall. Photos © Patrick Hürlimann / Lucerne Festival

Ever since the first #LucerneFestivalAcademy in 2004, a day trip has always been a must for all participants. This was no different in our anniversary edition of the Academy and the young musicians enjoyed a sunny day on Lake Lucerne. Photos © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival

Tonight at 21.00, Radio SRF 2 Kultur will broadcast this summer's first concert of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy (recorded on 18 August). Tune in to hear great works by Rihm, Boulez, Streich, Furrer, and Žiūkaitė 📻 srf.ch/audio/neue-mus…

At the final concert of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy's Composer Seminar, the audience got a glimpse into the future: Dieter Ammann presented works by eight young composers, performed by the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie. Photos © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival

RTS dedicates their program "L'Echo des Pavanes" on Espace 2 to our #LucerneFestivalAcademy. With lots of interesting conversations in French and English and great music. rts.ch/audio-podcast/…

"Stay curious!" is the motto of Schw. Jugend forscht – how fitting to our Festival's theme! We are proud to partner with Switzerland's national competition for youth research and invited two winners (Anna Páll und Luc van Doornick) to spend a day with the #LucerneFestivalAcademy.

Chasing away the chilly weather, the musicians of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy surprised us with a delightful open air concert at the Buvette. More such concerts (weather permitting…!) will be announced on our social media channels. Photos © Patrick Hürlimann / Lucerne Festival

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy with some brand new music for the #LucerneFestivalContemporaryOrchestra – that was the closing concert of our Composer Seminar for orchestra. Photos © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy with the people of Lucerne, we raffled off ten house concerts where musicians of the #LucerneFestivalContemporaryOrchestra perform in the living room of the lucky winners. Photos © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

This summer, a total of twelve young composers attend the #LucerneFestivalAcademy's two Composer Seminars, working on new music for ensemble and orchestra respectively with composers Unsuk Chin and Dieter Ammann. Photos © Manuela Jans and Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival

Panel discussion "20 years of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy" with Michael Haefliger, Felix Heri, Christiane Engelbrecht, Estelle Costanzo, Johanna Malangré, and host Benjamin Herzog. Photos © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

What a joy to welcome the #LucerneFestivalAcademy participants to our festival, where they will meet their host families and fellow academists, work on contemporary music, and celebrate the Academy's 20th anniversary with us. Photos © Peter Fischli / Lucerne Festival

Lucerne Festival Honors Wolfgang Rihm The #LucerneFestivalOrchestra and Riccardo Chailly will perform an excerpt from Rihm's "Ernster Gesang" on 16.08. and the anniversary concert "20 Years of #LucerneFestivalAcademy" on 18.08. will be dedicated to Rihm. lucernefestival.ch/de/news/223

Concluding the video series on the #LucerneFestivalAcademy's 20th anniversary with a statement by Wolfgang Rihm (recorded in May 2024), who lead the Academy as Artistic Director from 2016 (succeeding Pierre Boulez) until his death on 27 July 2024. youtube.com/watch?v=AAaPD8…

From the arts patronage of Maja and Paul Sacher to supporting the #LucerneFestivalAcademy – Alexander Bieri talks about Roche's commitment to contemporary music. 🎂 All videos on the Academy's 20th Anniversary can be found at lucernefestival.ch/20years_Academy youtube.com/watch?v=saRb_h…

Year after year, curious young musicians form the heart of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy. Could that be something for me...? Let's hear it from Alumna Clara Giner. 🎂 All videos on the Academy's 20th Anniversary can be found at lucernefestival.ch/20years_Academy youtube.com/watch?v=dcKVrz…

The coaching of conductors has always been one of the central pillars of the #LucerneFestivalAcademy. Let's hear how Pablo Heras-Casado remembers his time in the Academy. 🎂 All videos on the Academy's 20th Anniversary can be found at lucernefestival.ch/20years_Academy youtube.com/watch?v=jDwOQY…