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    Podium Discussion “20 Years of the Lucerne Festival Academy”

    Date and Venue
    Sat 17.08. | 15.00 | KKL Luzern, Auditorium
    Free admission
    Pierre Boulez with students of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY © Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL
    Pierre Boulez with students of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY © Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL
    Podium Discussion “20 Years of the Lucerne Festival Academy”

    Program

    15.00
    Round Table (in German) with
    Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director of Lucerne Festival
    Wolfgang Rihm Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy
    Felix Heri Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy
    Christiane Engelbrecht Executive Director of the International
    Ensemble Modern Academy (IEMA)
    Estelle Costanzo harpist and Contemporary Leader of the Lucerne Festival Academy
    Benjamin Herzog (SRF) moderator

    Description

    What a bold idea it was that French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez and Festival Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger turned into reality 20 years ago: a master school devoted exclusively to contemporary music. After all, compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries require special skills from their performers that were conspicuously neglected in the everyday academic scene of that time. A scaled-back trial run took place in 2003 before the Lucerne Festival Academy was officially launched the following year. Since then, more than 1,500 young instrumentalists, conductors, and composers have attended this internationally unique institution. In the anniversary summer of 2024, we will look back as well as ahead in a panel discussion. Where does the Academy stand 20 years after it was founded? How have the music world, the state of training, and the way young musicians think of themselves changed since then — perhaps even thanks to the influence of Lucerne? And where do we want to go in the future?


    Event Venue

    Auditorium

    KKL Luzern, Auditorium

    Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern
    Europaplatz 1
    CH-6005 Luzern

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