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Sebastian Nordmann Executive and Artistic Director starting in 2026

Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director

Markus Hongler Foundation Chairman

08.09.2025 | 40min 7 Students of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
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08.09.2025 | Les Arts Florissants Les Arts Florissants | William Christie | Marie Lambert-Le Bihan | Stéphane Facco | Martin Chaix | Solists of the «Jardin des Voix» 2025
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09.09.2025 | Debut Tamta Magradze Tamta Magradze
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09.09.2025 | Recital Igor Levit Igor Levit
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10.09.2025 | 40min 8 “The King of Instruments: 25 Years of the Goll Organ” | Wayne Marshall
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10.09.2025 | Organ Jubilee Wayne Marshall | Festival Strings Lucerne | Daniel Dodds
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11.09.2025 | Debut Erinys Quartet Erinys Quartet
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11.09.2025 | Munich Philharmonic Munich Philharmonic | Lahav Shani | Lisa Batiashvili
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12.09.2025 | Siegfried Dresden Festival Orchestra | Concerto Köln | Kent Nagano | Thomas Blondell | Thomas Ebenstein | Derek Welton | Nicholas Mogg | Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Gerhild Romberger | Åsa Jäger
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13.09.2025 | "Sound and the City: Musical Encounters with t… Christine Cyris | Erik Borgir | Students of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
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13.09.2025 | Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly
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14.09.2025 | Les Adieux “A Farewell Party for Michael Haefliger”
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01.09.2025 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2 | Klaus Mäkelä
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02.09.2025 | Debut David Nebel David Nebel | Julia Hamos
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02.09.2025 | 40min 5 Winnie Huang
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02.09.2025 | Berliner Philharmoniker 1 Berliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko | Albrecht Mayer
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03.09.2025 | Berliner Philharmoniker 2 Berliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko
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04.09.2025 | Debut Giorgi Gigashvili Giorgi Gigashvili
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04.09.2025 | 40min 6 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Vimbayi Kaziboni | Claire Chase | Chaya Czernowin
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04.09.2025 | Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Maxim Emelyanychev | Tabea Zimmermann
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05.09.2025 | Wiener Philharmoniker 1 Vienna Philharmonic | Franz Welser-Möst
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06.09.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 5 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Vimbayi Kaziboni | Claire Chase | Stefan Jovanović
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06.09.2025 | Jukebox Lucerne Festival Academy (LFA)
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06.09.2025 | Portrait Boulez & Stroppa 2 Ensemble Helix/Studio for Contemporary at the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
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06.09.2025 | Vienna Philharmonic 2 Vienna Philharmonic | Franz Welser-Möst
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07.09.2025 | Family Concert – Opera Taschenoper Lübeck | Margrit Dürr | Tobias Hagge | Carl Augustin | Sascha Jakob Mink | Katia Diegmann | Katharina Spuida-Jabbouti | Cosima Metzger
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07.09.2025 | Recital Mitsuko Uchida Mitsuko Uchida
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07.09.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 6 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Elena Schwarz | Pierre-Laurent Aimard
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26.08.2025 | Buvette Concert Participants of the Lucerne Festival Academy
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25.08.2025 | 40min 3 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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25.08.2025 | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Julia Hagen
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26.08.2025 | Debut Jakob Manz Jakob Manz | Johanna Summer
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26.08.2025 | In the Streets | Opening Concert Music groups from all around the world | Ayom | Bailenga | Claudia Masika New Project | Kolonien | Les Fils Canouche | Madalitso Band | Mathias Landtwing Quartet | Tribubu
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26.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Seong-Jin Cho
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27.08.2025 | Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Cho… Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir | Karina Canellakis | Liv Redpath | Bertrand Chamayou
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28.08.2025 | Debut Gabriel Pidoux Gabriel Pidoux | Jorge González Buajasán
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28.08.2025 | 40min 4 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | David Robertson | Tabea Zimmermann | Dieter Ammann
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28.08.2025 | Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa C… Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecillia | Daniel Harding | Seong-Jin Cho
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29.08.2025 | One to One Winnie Huang
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29.08.2025 | Orchestre de Paris 1 Orchestre de Paris | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Augustin Hadelich
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30.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 3 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Michelle Di Russo | David Robertson | Sebastian Zinca | Tabea Zimmermann
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30.08.2025 | Orchestre de Paris 2 Orchestre de Paris | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Stefan Dohr
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30.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 4 Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | David Robertson | Production Team IRCAM
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31.08.2025 | Family Concert Estelle Costanzo | Eleonora Savini | Dan Tanson | Téné Quelgo | Klaudia Wolfsteiner | Emilie Cottam
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31.08.2025 | Rezital Sir András Schiff Sir András Schiff
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31.08.2025 | Pierre Boulez Workshop Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | David Robertson | Production Team IRCAM
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31.08.2025 | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 1 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Klaus Mäkelä | Janine Jansen
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18.08.2025 | 40min 1 Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
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18.08.2025 | Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra | Keri-Lynn Wilson | Rachel Willis-Sørensen
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19.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 3 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Beatrice Rana
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20.08.2025 | Recital Lang Lang Lang Lang
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21.08.2025 | Debut Vsevolod Zavidov Vsevolod Zavidov
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21.08.2025 | 40min 2 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle | Magdalena Kožená
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22.08.2025 | Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Michael Sanderling | Daniel Lozakovich
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22.08.2025 | Portrait Winnie Huang Winnie Huang | Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
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23.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 1 Ensemble and solists of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Jonathan Nott | Produktionsteam IRCAM
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23.08.2025 | 40min Open Air Rosamund Brass Quartet | Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Joseph Sieber | Mathias Landtwing Quartett
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23.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle | Clay Hilley | Magdalena Kožená
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23.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Academy 2 Ensemble des Lucerne Festival Orchestra (LFCO) | Participants in the Contemporary-Conducting Program | Anthony Millet | Produktionsteam IRCAM
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24.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 Tabea Zimmermann with soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Sarah Christ | Raymond Curfs | Pirmin Grehl
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24.08.2025 | Composer Seminar: Closing Concert Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie (IEMA-Ensemble 2024/25) | Participants in the Contemporary-Conducting Program | Moderation: Unsuk Chin | Dieter Ammann
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24.08.2025 | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko | Anne-Sophie Mutter
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12.08.2025 | Croak: Sounds by the Water Opening of the temporary pond installation in front of the KKL Lucerne | Daniel Schnyder | Alain Wüest | Philipp Moll
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12.08.2025 | Silk Road Worlds Beyond Orchestra | Daniel Schnyder | Yang Jing | Moslem Rahal | Ruven Ruppik
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13.08.2025 | Mozart y Mambo: Warm-up Havana Lyceum Orchestra | José Antonio Méndez Padrón | Sarah Willis
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13.08.2025 | Composer Seminar Dieter Ammann | Unsuk Chin | participants

13.08.2025 | Mozart y Mambo Havana Lyceum Orchestra | José Antonio Méndez Padrón | Sarah Willis
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15.08.2025 | Lakeside Symphony Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Elīna Garanča | Jacques Zoon
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15.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 1 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Elīna Garanča | Jacques Zoon
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15.08.2025 | Opening mit der künstlerischen Arbeit von Winnie Huang
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16.08.2025 | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 2 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Andrés Orozco-Estrada | Isabelle Faust
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17.08.2025 | Symphony Afternoon Concert Festival Strings Lucerne | Daniel Dodds | Dominik Wollenweber
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17.08.2025 | Arditti Quartet Arditti Quartet
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17.08.2025 | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Lang Lang
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Concert photos | 13.09.2025 | Inori | Winnie Huang Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 13.09.2025 | Souvenir de Rigi Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 12.09.2025 | Open4all – Naomi Lareine with… Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 11.09.2025 | Mercee & Band Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 09.09.2025 | Igor Levit Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 07.09.2025 | Bachata Workshops Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 07.09.2025 | Superar Suisse Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 07.09.2025 | Julie Campiche Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 06.09.2025 | Surprise Street Choir Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 06.09.2025 | Ensemble of the Vienna Philha… Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

Concert photos | 05.09.2025 | Sunrise Concert Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Luzern 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Mathyas Kurmann

03.09.2025 | Pre-opening Ark Nova Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Lucerne 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Foto: Simona Schürch

Lucerne Festival Ark Nova in Lucerne | Architecture Lucerne Festival | Ark Nova | Lucerne 2025 © Anish Kapoor, all rights reserved. Photos: Seraina Wirz & Patrick Hürlimann (drone footage)

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Artists | Ark Nova 2025

Riccardo Chailly Music Director

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Jörg Widmann Artistic Director

Roche Young Commissions 2027 Arnau Brichs and Aregnaz Martirosyan
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Roche Commissions 2026 Liza Lim
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Atmospheric images Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)

Felix Heri Managing Director Contemporary

Wolfgang Rihm March 3, 1952 - July 27, 2024

KKL Lucerne Concert Hall

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