“American Dream House”

• Musiker*innen des Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
• tracy september curator
• Severin Kolb curator

Is that a hot-air balloon that has landed here? For two days, an unusual yellow object stands in Lucerne, serving as both a pop-up installation and a miniature concert hall. Nothing fixed, but rather a playful intervention in everyday urban life. Inspired by the legendary Dream House, a potentially infinite light-and-sound installation by the American Minimalist La Monte Young and his wife Marian Zazeela, musicians of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) fill this temporary space with the seemingly endless sustained tones of Young’s groundbreaking Trio for Strings. Step inside and listen to this ethereal, hypnotic music unfolding in slow motion.

In the Streets: City Stage
Step outside! The music doesn’t happen only at the KKL – it’s taking over all of Lucerne. For six days, from 25 to 30 August, “In the Streets: City Stage” brings the whole city to life with music. We’ve reimagined this “festival within the Festival” to integrate it more closely with our main program. Doreen Ketchens, America’s “Queen Clarinet,” traces the origins of jazz in the melting pot of New Orleans – and so do the Dixie-Ramblers, a Swiss marching band. A yellow hot-air balloon lands in Lucerne, doubling as a pop-up installation and a miniature concert hall. Sound walks along the Musegg Wall sharpen our ears for the city’s diverse soundscape. A percussion quartet captivates with Minimalist rhythms. And the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) becomes a “Symphonic Jukebox.”