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Spring Festival | 11 April to 13 April 2025
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Artists | Spring Festival 2025 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Rafael Payare | Franz Welser-Möst | Mao Fujita | Alexander Malofeev
Payare Rafael © Gerard Collett 
Franz Welser-Möst © Roger Mastroianni 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Mao Fujita © Eiichi Ikeda 
Alexander Malofeev © Liudmila Malofeeva 
MDR-Rundfunkchor © MDR Kaupo Kikkas 
Regula Mühlemann © Shirley Suarez 
Marie-Claude Chappuis © Christian Meuwly 
Benjamin Bruns © Sara Schoengen 
Markus Werba © zvg
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova
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Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | 4 to 14 September 2025
Ark Nova on the grounds of the lakeside Lido meadow (visualization) © Lucerne Festival 
Ark Nova in Tokyo, 2017 © Geoffroy Schied / Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Matsushima 2013 © Go&Partners, Inc./Lucerne Festival Ark Nova 
Interior view of the Ark Nova 2013 © Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Fukushima 2015 © Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Fukushima 2015 © Yu Terayama / Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova © Yu Terayama/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Sendai 2014 © Yu Terayama/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Sendai 2014 © Yu Terayama/Lucerne Festival 
Concert in the Ark Nova in Fukushima, 2015 © Yu Terayama / Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova | Sendai 2014 © Yu Terayama/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Ark Nova 2013 © Lucerne Festival Ark Nova
Summer Festival | August 12 - September 14 2025
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Artists | Summer 2025
Nicola Alaimo © DR 
Pierre-Laurent Aimard © Marco Borggreve 
Martha Argerich © Adriano Heitman 
Lisa Batiashvili © André Josselin 
Daniel Barenboim © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Cecilia Bartoli © Kristian Schuller 
Karina Canellakis © Mathias Bothor 
Gianluca Capuano © OMC 
Edgardo Rocha © Jesús Chacón 
Bertrand Chamayou © Marco Borggreve 
Riccardo Chailly | Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Claire Chase © Walter Wlodarczyk 
Seong-Jin Cho © Stefan Hoederath 
William Christie © Oscar Ortega 
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo © ZVG 
Michelle Di Russo © Roy Cox 
Daniel Dodds © Dorothee Falke 
Stefan Dohr © Simon Pauly 
Thomas Ebenstein © Julia Wesely 
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla © Frans Jansen 
Maxim Emelyanychev © Andrej Grilc 
Isabelle Faust © Marco Borggreve 
Sol Gabetta © Matthias Müller 
Elīna Garanča © DG 
Jorge González Buajasán © Jean-Baptiste Millot 
Augustin Hadelich © Suxiao Yang 
Andreas Haefliger © Gianmaria Gava 
Julia Hagen © Simon Pauly 
Daniel Harding © Julian Hargreaves 
Janine Jansen © Lukas Beck 
Åsa Jäger © Stewen Quigley 
Peter Kálmán © DR 
Vimbayi Kaziboni © Astrid Ackermann 
Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Marco Borggreve 
Magdalena Kožená © Julia Wesely 
Lang Lang © Olaf Heine 
Daniel Lozakovich © Henrik Björlin 
Igor Levit © Thomas Rabsch 
Klaus Mäkelä © Marco Borggreve Oslo Philharmonic 
Wayne Marshall © Charlie Best 
Albrecht Mayer © Stefan Hoederath 
José Antonio Méndez Padrón © zvg 
Anne-Sophie Mutter © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
Hanno Müller-Brachmann © Monika Ritterhaus 
Kent Nagano © Sergio Veranes Studio 
Yannick Nézet-Séguin © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
Jonathan Nott © Niels Ackermann-Lundi 
Andrés Orozco-Estrada © Martin Sigmund 
Kirill Petrenko © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Vasily Petrenko © Ben Wright 
Beatrice Rana © Simon Fowler 
Sir Simon Rattle © BR-Astrid Ackermann 
David Robertson © Chris Lee 
Gerhild Romberger © Rosa-Frank.com 
Esa-Pekka Salonen © Annick Ramp 
Michael Sanderling © Philipp Schmidli 
Sir András Schiff © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Daniel Schnyder © Falk Neumann 
Elena Schwarz © Priska Ketterer 
Lahav Shani © Marco Borggreve 
Mitsuko Uchida © Justin Pumfrey 
Derek Welton © Eduardus Lee 
Franz Welser-Möst © Roger Mastroianni 
Sarah Willis © Monika Ritterhaus 
Rachel Willis-Sørensen © zvg 
Keri-Lynn Wilson © Olivia Kahler 
Sebastian Zinca © Ned Dymoke -
"artistes étoiles" 2025 Winnie Huang and Tabea Zimmermann
Winnie Huang © Remy Assas 
Winnie Huang © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Tabea Zimmermann © Marco Borggreve 
Tabea Zimmermann © Marco Borggreve -
composer-in-residence 2025 Marco Stroppa
Marco Stroppa © Roberto Masotti 
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Orchestras and Ensembles | Summer 2025
Arditti Quartett © Manu Theobald 
Berliner Philharmoniker with conductor Kirill Petrenko © Stephan Rabold/Berliner Philharmoniker 
Concerto Köln © Harald Hoffmann 
Dresdner Festspielorchester © Oliver Killig 
Erinys Quartet © Nichole MCH Photography 
Festival Strings Lucerne © Fabrice Umiglia 
Sarah Willis and José Antonio Méndez Padrón with members of the Havana Lyceum Orchestra © Monika Rittershaus 
IEMA Ensemble 24/25 © Wonge Bergmann 
Les Arts Florissants © JGazeau 
Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco © Marco Borrelli 
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Michael Sanderling © Philipp Schmidli 
Mahler Chamber Orchestra © Molina Visuals 
Munich Philharmonic with conductor Lahav Shani © Tobias Hase 
Netherlands Radio Choir © Raymond van Olphen 
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Karina Canellakis © RFO-Marco Borggreve 
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala with Riccardo Chailly © Brescia e Amisano/Teatro alla Scala 
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © MUSA 
Orchestre de Paris-Philharmonie © William Beaucardet 
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra © Simon Van Boxtel 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Vasily Petrenko © Andy Paradise 
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra with conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson © Mark Allan 
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with conductor Daniel Barenboim © Monika Rittershaus 
Wiener Philharmoniker © Julia Wesely 
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Summer 2025
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
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Music For Future | Summer 2025 including artists from the Debut series
BarkaBach © Oliver Erenyi 
Erinys Quartet © Nichole MCH Photography 
Giorgi Gigashvili © Kelly de Geer 
Tamta Magradze © Alexandra Muench
Daniel Schnyder © Falk Neumann 
David Nebel © Uwe Arens 
Gabriel Pidoux © Jean-Baptiste Millot 
Jakob Manz (Debut) with Johanna Summer © ACT Mirko Polo 
Klangmission © Olaf Malzahn
Sarah Willis and José Antonio Méndez Padrón with members of the Havana Lyceum Orchestra © Monika Rittershaus -
Academy and Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Summe…
Lucerne Festival Academy © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Academy © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Academy © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Academy © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Peter Fischli /Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Priska Ketterer /Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Academy © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Priska Ketterer /Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Composer Seminar mit Unsuk Chin und Dieter Ammann © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival © Unsuk Chin und Dieter Ammann 
Composer Seminar mit Unsuk Chin und Dieter Ammann © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
DIeter Ammann © Ingo Hoehn 
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Free Offerings
In the streets © Patrick Hürlimann/ Lucerne Festival 
In the streets © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
In the streets © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
40min © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
40min © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
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Atmospheric images
KKL inside © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
Intermission of the concert © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
KKL outside © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
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Visuals | 2025 Summer Festival
Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes 2025
Winner of the Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes for 2025: Vsevolod Zavidov
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Vsevolod Zavidov Winner of the Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes 2025
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Vsevolod Zavidov © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Vsevolod Zavidov © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Vsevolod Zavidov © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Vsevolod Zavidov © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Winner Vsevolod Zavidov with the jury (from left to right: Xavier Dayer, Michael Haefliger, Rico Gubler, Sol Gabetta, Valentin Gloor) © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
Piano Fest | 29 May to 1 June 2025
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Artists | Piano Fest 2025 Igor Levit | Iveta Apkalna | Chilly Gonzales | Malakoff Kowalski | Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Johanna Summer
Igor Levit © Thomas Rabsch 
Igor Levit © Thomas Rabsch 
Igor Levit © Thomas Rabsch 
Igor Levit © Thomas Rabsch 
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Iveta Apkalna © Aiga Redmane 
Chilly Gonzales © Victor Picon 
Kowalski Malakoff © Julija Goyd 
Johanna Summer © Gregor Hohenberg 
Igor Levit, Johanna Summer, Chilly Gonzales, and Malakoff Kowalski © Julij Goyd 
Raphael Christ © Geoffrey Schied 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Forward | Concert photos
15-17 November 2024
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15.11.2024 | Concert 1: "Signals" Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Members of the “Prostir” Choir | Oleksii Yatsiuk | Ted Moore
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16.11.2024 | Concert 2: “Grief” Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Mariano Chiacchiarini | Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival
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16.11.2024 | Concert 3 – Lage Night: “Trance” Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Kobe Van Cauwenberghe
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17.11.2024 | Family Concert “Tubalirum” Rachel Koblyakov | Jack Adler-McKean | Noè Rodrigo Gisbert
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17.11.2024 | Concert 4: “Dona nobis pacem” Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Prostir” Choir | Patricia Kopatchinskaja
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Aluminium Forest Katherine Balch | Ted Moore
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Aluminium Forest © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Katherine Balch beim Workshop im Tüftelwerk Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Ted Moore beim Workshop im Tüftelwerk © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Workshop im Tüftelwerk Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Workshop im Tüftelwerk Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Workshop im Tüftelwerk Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest in der Peterskapelle Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest in der Peterskapelle Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Aluminium Forest in der Peterskapelle Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
Summer Festival 2024 | Highlights
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Highlights of the 2024 Summer Festival
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UBS Young Artist Award 2024
Cellist Julia Hagen
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2024 Fritz Gerber Award
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Phoebe Bognár, Francisco Morais Fernandes, and Santiago Vil… Recipients
Francisco Morais Fernandes, Phoebe Bognár, and Santiago Villar Martín © Itsasne Alzola, Cristina Arcos Cano, and Reza Kaviani 
Francisco Morais Fernandes, Phoebe Bognár, and Santiago Villar Martín © Itsasne Alzola, Cristina Arcos Cano, and Reza Kaviani
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Riccardo Chailly | Music Director
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Riccardo Chailly Music Director
Riccardo Chailly © Teatro alla Scala 
Riccardo Chailly © Teatro alla Scala 
Ricccardo Chailly © Teatro alla Scala 
Riccardo Chailly © Marco Borggreve 
Riccardo Chailly © Marco Borggreve 
Riccardo Chailly © Marco Borggreve 
Riccardo Chailly © Marco Borggreve 
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly Photos
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Sommer-Festival 2017 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
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Sommer-Festival 2017 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Riccardo Chailly © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
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Lucner Festival Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival Academy
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Roche Commissions 2026 Liza Lim
© Nik Hunger / Maria Sturm
Liza Lim © Nik Hunger 
Liza Lim © Maria Sturm 
Liza Lim with Severin Schwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche © Nik Hunger 
Liza Lim with Severin Schwan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Roche © Nik Hunger / Roche 
Liza Lim with Michael Haefliger © Nik Hunger -
Roche Young Commissions 2025 Jakob Raab and Guillem Palomar
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Guillem Palomar | Jakob Raab © Nik Hunger 
Guillem Palomar © Nik Hunger 
Jakob Raab © Nik Hunger 
Guillem Palomar | Jakob Raab | Teresa Graham | Michael Haefliger © Nik Hunger 
Guillem Palomar | Jakob Raab | Teresa Graham | Michael Haefliger © Nik Hunger 
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Atmospheric images Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2022 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2022 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2022 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2022 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2021 © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2021 © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Forward 2021 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
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Felix Heri Managing Director Contemporary
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Wolfgang Rihm March 3, 1952 - July 27, 2024
Wolfgang Rihm at a rehearsal of the Lucerne Festival Academy Alumni with Riccardo Chailly 2019 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm at the first Composer Seminar of the Lucerne Festival Academy 2016 © Stefan Deuber/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm gives an introduction to his work at a museum concert in 2019 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm and Dieter Ammann at the opening of Lucerne Festival 2022 © Patrick Hürlimann/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm and Lisa Streich at a rehearsal 2016 © Stefan Deuber/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm and Pierre Boulez 2012 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Wolfgang Rihm and Sir George Benjamin in the Von Moos-Stahlhalle 1997 © Georg Anderhub/Lucerne Festival
Venues
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KKL Lucerne Concert Hall
KKL Luzern, Concert Hall © KKL Luzern 
Concert Hall © Georg Anderhub/Lucerne Festival 
Paul Lewis im Konzertsaal des KKL Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Konzertsaal KKL © Stefan Deuber/Lucerne Festival 
KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal © Georg Anderhub/Lucerne Festival 
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Berliner Philharmoniker © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
© Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko © Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chailly © Priska Ketterer/LUCERNE FESTIVAL 
KKL Luzern, Concert Hall, vertical format © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Nézet-Seguin © Peter Fischli/LUCERNE FESTIVAL 
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KKL Lucerne Lucerne Hall
KKL Luzern, Luzerner Saal © KKL Luzern 
KKL Luzern, Luzerner Saal © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival -
KKL Lucerne auditorium
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Einführung Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Susanne Staehr © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Music for Future Talk © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Einführung Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Susanne Staehr © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
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Lukaskirche
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Lukaskirche © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Lukaskirche © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival 
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Hochschule Luzern - Music Salquin Hall
Salquin Hall © Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival 
Hochschule Luzern - Music © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Hochschule Luzern - Music © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival 
Salquin Hall © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
Executive and Artistic Director and Foundation Board of Trustees
Portraits
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Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director
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Hongler | Haefliger Foundation Chairman Markus Hongler and Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger
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