The music of the late 20th and 21th centuries has always been a central focus of Lucerne Festival.

Claudio Abbado conducts Mihoko Fujimura and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, 2013 © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival

Arnold Schönberg: Orchestral Interlude and "Song of the Wood Dove" from Gurre-Lieder

Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Claudio Abbado | Mihoko Fujimura, 2013

Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, 2022 © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

Dieter Ammann: "Core" – "Turn" – "Boost"

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Sylvain Cambreling, 2022

Sylvain Cambreling conducts the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, 2022 © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

Wolfgang Rihm: "Sub-Kontur" (Swiss Premiere)

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Sylvain Cambreling, 2022

Bettina Skrzypczak and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, 2022 © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

Bettina Skrzypczak: "Contra" (World Premiere)

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Sylvain Cambreling, 2022

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Tito Muñoz and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, 2022 © Peter Fischli / Lucerne Festival

"In Search of György Ligeti's Lost Melody"

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Tito Muñoz | Patricia Kopatchinskaja, 2022