Organization

Since 1970 Lucerne Festival has been legally organized as a foundation of which Markus Hongler serves as Chairman since 2019. Since 1999 the Executive and Artistic Director of Lucerne Festival has been Michael Haefliger. He will conclude his leadership of the festival at the end of 2025, after 26 highly successful years, and hand it over to Sebastian Nordmann. With annual revenues of approximately 18 million CHF, the festival achieves a self-financing ratio of 91 percent.