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.

The following musicians are supporting the Lucerne Festival Academy in 2026:

• Christoph Sietzen, percussion 
• Helen Bledsoe, flute
• Martin Adámek, clarinet
• Elise Jacoberger, bassoon 
• Daniel Ciampolini, percussion 
• Frédérique Cambreling, harp
• Éric-Maria Couturier, cello
• Uli Fussenegger, double bass
• Matthias Arter, oboe
• Christine Chapman, horn
• Marco Blaauw, trumpet
• Jörgen van Rijn, trombone
• Florian Hoelscher, piano
• Daniel Ciampolini, percussion
• Léo Marillier, violin
• Garth Knox, viola