Lucerne Festival is a leading international presenter of music and offers four festivals each year. The highlight of Lucerne’s Festival year is the four-week-long Summer Festival, which presents more than 100 events in venues all over the city. Lucerne Festival presents further extended musical weekends, two in the spring and one in the fall, which focus on distinguished artists or investigate special thematic contexts. Lucerne Festival is known for its innovative programming, its presentation of world-famous orchestras, conductors, and soloists, and its integration of contemporary music and support of young artists.