Lucerne Festival Academy
lucerne festival academy orchestrasized educational institution devoted exclusively interpretation performance contemporary classical music taken place summer since swiss city lucerne part lucerne festival summer founded french composer pierre boulez festival director michael haefliger young musician country taken part academy described guardian annual laboratory brilliant young musician immersed performance practice th stcentury music michael haefliger appointed executive artistic director lucerne festival immediate year followed oversaw rebranding thencalled internationalen musikfestwochen luzern imf creation lucerne festival orchestra together claudio abbado founding lucerne festival academy alongside pierre boulez small ensemble young european instrumentalist invited perform trial project large orchestra musician around world invited lucerne every summer since almost performance conducted boulez instrumental coaching technical support provided ensemble intercontemporain recent year guest conductor including david robertson peter eötvös sir simon rattle invited lead masterclasses conduct concert boulez present last time day concert featuring boulez music paired world premiere performed august celebrate th birthday following death january memorial concert performed alumnus academy featuring piece conducted academy alongside two work matthias pintscher principal conductor academy since artistic director german composer wolfgang rihm extended contract artistic director focus music roughly last year academy repertoire range masterworks mahler stravinsky bartók commissioned work living composer including unsuk chin isabel mundry olga neuwirth younger composer well several concert large symphony orchestra year programme also includes chamber music featuring recent year collaboration composer heinz holliger helmut lachenmann tod machover lucerne festival contemporary orchestra lfco orchestra excellence interpretation contemporary music founded newly conceived festival orchestra music time comprises member international academy network brings together current former student lucerne festival academy former student academy represented lucerne festival alumnus ensemble invited perform new work summer festival year first alumnus performance outside europe took place ny phil biennial metropolitan museum art new york part met museum present direction new york philharmonic music director alan gilbert academy’s network grown year number instrumentalist conductor composer represents lucerne festival’s longstanding commitment new contemporary music repertoire new orchestra range threshold classical modernism work present day large small formation lfco performs concert academy summer festival followed guest appearance abroad lucerne festival contemporary orchestra also take leading role new autumn weekend lucerne festival forward take place first time november festival forward emphasizes new innovative development field contemporary music festival moreover actively involves public planning process digital communication channel kkl luzern serf festival headquarters lucerne festival forward perform throughout city involving age group offer unusual concert format integrate new technology inaugural lucerne festival forward held november