Music Lucerne Festival organizes the change of artistic director as an "open end"
The last Lucerne Festival under Artistic Director Michael Haefliger is not a conclusion, but paves the way for the future: "Open End" is the motto of the summer classical music event, which runs from August 12 to September 14.
11.03.2025, 10:00
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Haefliger directed Switzerland's largest classical music event for 26 years. Under his aegis, contemporary music became an important component, he gave the festival its own orchestra and its own academy, and he countered the accusation that Lucerne Festival was elitist with a considerable range of low-threshold and free events. However, Haefliger was unable to realize his idea for a modern music theater house.
The motto "Open End" will also be reflected musically at many of the festival's 120 events. The Lucerne Festival Orchestra will play Gustav Mahler's unfinished tenth symphony at the opening. One focus will be the 100th birthday of Pierre Boulez, for whom composing was a creative process without an end.
