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Lucerne Festival Academy. Former students of the Academy were represented as the Lucerne Festival Alumni, of which an ensemble was invited to perform new works at the summer festival each year. The first alumni performance outside of Europe took place in 2016 during the NY Phil Biennial at the
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Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra also takes on the leading role in the new autumn weekend Lucerne Festival Forward which takes place for the first time in November 2021. The Festival Forward emphasizes new, innovative developments in the field of contemporary music. The Festival moreover
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have been invited to lead masterclasses and conduct concerts, with Boulez being present for the last time in 2013. A day of concerts featuring Boulez's music paired with world premieres was performed in August 2015 to celebrate his 90th birthday, and following his death in
January 2016 a memorial
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Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) an orchestra of excellence for the interpretation of contemporary music was founded in 2021. This newly conceived Festival orchestra for the music of our time comprises members of the international Academy network. It brings together current and
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Festival headquarters, but Lucerne Festival Forward will perform throughout the city, involving all age groups, and will offer unusual concert formats and integrate new technologies. The inaugural Lucerne Festival Forward will be held from 19 to 21 November 2021.
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and younger composers. As well as several concerts for large symphony orchestra, each year's programme also includes chamber music, featuring in recent years collaborations with composers
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works of the present day. In both large and small formations, the LFCO performs concerts at the
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