Lucerne Festival

Lucerne Festival
Lucerne Festival
Genre	Classical music
Location(s)	Lucerne, Switzerland
Years active	2004–present
Website	lucernefestival.ch

Lucerne Festival is one of the leading international festivals in the world of classical music and presents a series of classical music festivals based in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[1]^[2] Founded in 1938 by Ernest Ansermet and Walter Schulthess, it currently produces three festivals per year.^[1] Since 1999, Michael Haefliger has been its Executive and Artistic Director.^[3]

Each festival features resident orchestras and soloists alongside guest performances from international ensembles and artists. The central festival takes place in summer from mid-August to mid-September and offers a widely varied range of approximately 100 concerts and related events primarily at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) designed by Jean Nouvel.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Lucerne Festival. "Lucerne Festival". Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ Tom Service (18 August 2009). "How Lucerne changes music-lovers' lives". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
^ Lucerne Festival. "Michael Haefliger". Lucerne Festival. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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[Lucerne_Festival-1] Lucerne Festival. "Lucerne Festival". Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[How_Lucerne_changes_music-lovers'_lives-2] Tom Service (18 August 2009). "How Lucerne changes music-lovers' lives". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 January 2010.

[3] Lucerne Festival. "Michael Haefliger". Lucerne Festival. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[History-4] Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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