Guest Faculty

Every summer, we invite leading performers of contemporary music as Guest Faculty, including members of the Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, and Ensemble Musikfabrik. They offer workshops to the young musicians during the Academy and support them in their musical career.

2025 the following musicians are supporting the Lucerne Festival Academy.

Helen Bledsoe, flute | Ensemble Musikfabrik Köln
Matthias Arter, oboe | Hochschule der Künste Bern
Olivier Vivares, clarinet | Hochschule der Künste Bern
Lorelei Dowling, bassoon | Klangforum Wien
Christine Chapman, horn | Ensemble Musikfabrik Köln
Anders Nyquist, trumpet | Klangforum Wien
Mikael Rudolfsson, trombone | Klangforum Wien
Alex Liposwki, percussion | Klangforum Wien
Joonas Ahonen, piano | Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
Frédérique Cambreling, harp 
David Alberman, violin
Garth Knox, viola
Éric-Maria Couturier, cello | Ensemble intercontemporain Paris
Nicolas Crosse, double bass | Ensemble intercontemporain Paris