Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! In 2025, Lucerne Festival is celebrating the 100th birthday of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, the founder and long-standing director of the Lucerne Festival Academy. Our Summer Festival will feature some of Boulez' most iconic works, from the early "Notations" to the "Livre pour quatuor" and the epochal "Répons". Back in 2002 – and under the tutelage of Boulez' himself – Jonathan Nott was one of the first conductors to perfo...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! In 2025, Lucerne Festival is celebrating the 100th birthday of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, the founder and long-standing director of the Lucerne Festival Academy. Our Summer Festival will feature some of Boulez' most iconic works, from the early "Notations" to the "Livre pour quatuor" and the epochal "Répons". As part of the celebrations, Lucerne Festival has commissioned a new work by Japanese composer Dai ...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! In 2025, Lucerne Festival is celebrating the 100th birthday of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, the founder and long-standing director of the Lucerne Festival Academy. Our Summer Festival will feature some of Boulez' most iconic works, from the early "Notations" to the "Livre pour quatuor" and the epochal "Répons". We sit down with violinist Irvine Arditti from the Arditti Quartet who will perform Boulez' "Livre pour q...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! Marco Stroppa, who works on the cusp between instrumental and electronic music, is Lucerne Festival's composer-in-residence 2025. In Lucerne, Stroppa will present a selection of his signature works. Celebrating the 100th birthday of his former mentor Pierre Boulez, Stroppa also offers us a re-encounter with Boulez' "Poésie pour pouvoir" for which he reconstructed the electronics. Get to know Marco Stroppa and his work in tw...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! Marco Stroppa, who works on the cusp between instrumental and electronic music, is Lucerne Festival's composer-in-residence 2025. In Lucerne, Stroppa will present a selection of his signature works. Celebrating the 100th birthday of his former mentor Pierre Boulez, Stroppa also offers us a re-encounter with Boulez' "Poésie pour pouvoir" for which he reconstructed the electronics. Get to know Marco Stroppa and his work in tw...

In dieser Folge bei bee.contemporary spricht Intendant Steven Walter mit dem Cellisten Kian Soltani. Mit bereits vier Jahren fing er an Cello zu spielen – seit 2017 legt er eine Ultra-Karriere hin. Er ist Exklusivkünstler bei der Deutschen Grammophon und war bereits 2017 als »Rising Star« in allen großen europäischen Konzerthäusern unterwegs. Diesen August gibt er sein Debüt beim Beethovenfest – und das gleich mit zwei Konzerten: einem Symphonic Mob auf dem Marktplatz in Bonn sowie einem mit dem

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! Violinist, performer, artistic researcher: Winnie Huang explores how musical expression and physical gestures can be combined. The Australian artist, a graduate of the Lucerne Festival Academy, is Lucerne Festival's "artiste étoile" 2025. Over the course of three episodes of our podcast "Deep Listening: New Music", Winnie Huang sits down with Lucerne Festival Dramaturge Mark Sattler to discuss her artistry, her musical journey, a...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! Violinist, performer, artistic researcher: Winnie Huang explores how musical expression and physical gestures can be combined. The Australian artist, a graduate of the Lucerne Festival Academy, is Lucerne Festival's "artiste étoile" 2025. Over the course of three episodes of our podcast "Deep Listening: New Music", Winnie Huang sits down with Lucerne Festival Dramaturge Mark Sattler to discuss her artistry, her musical journey, a...

Let's sharpen our ears for the music of the 21st century! Violinist, performer, artistic researcher: Winnie Huang explores how musical expression and physical gestures can be combined. The Australian artist, a graduate of the Lucerne Festival Academy, is Lucerne Festival's "artiste étoile" 2025. Over the course of three episodes of our podcast "Deep Listening: New Music", Winnie Huang sits down with Lucerne Festival Dramaturge Mark Sattler to discuss her artistry, her musical journey, a...