The Lucerne Festival Academy is an orchestra -sized educational institution devoted exclusively to the interpretation and performance of contemporary classical music . It has taken place each summer since 2003 in the Swiss city of Lucerne as part of the Lucerne Festival in Summer . Founded by the French composer Pierre Boulez and festival director Michael Haefliger, over 1300 young musicians from over 60 countries have taken part in the Academy, described by The Guardian as "the annual laboratory in which brilliant young musicians are immersed in the performance practice of 20th- and 21st-century music".
21-638: Michael Haefliger was appointed Executive and Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival in 1999, and in the immediate years that followed he oversaw the re-branding of the then-called Internationalen Musikfestwochen Luzern (IMF) , the creation of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra together with Claudio Abbado , and the founding of the Lucerne Festival Academy alongside Pierre Boulez. After a small ensemble of young European instrumentalists
42-492: A particular problem, the tendency of which has given rise to the noun adhocism . This concept highlights the flexibility and adaptability often required in problem-solving across various domains. In everyday language, "ad hoc" is sometimes used informally to describe improvised or makeshift solutions, emphasizing their temporary nature and specific applicability to immediate circumstances. Style guides disagree on whether Latin phrases like ad hoc should be italicized. The trend
63-457: A total of three weeks together, with 10 days of rehearsals. Then, the orchestra performs the opening concerts of the festival. One overriding philosophy that Abbado emphasized was for the musicians to listen to each other, as in chamber music, but in the context of a full orchestral ensemble. In the string sections, the section leaders assign the seating, after discussion with Abbado. Rehearsals commence with individual instrument sections before
84-404: Is a Latin phrase meaning literally ' for this ' . In English , it typically signifies a solution designed for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a generalized solution adaptable to collateral instances (compare with a priori ). Common examples include ad hoc committees and commissions created at the national or international level for a specific task, and the term
105-506: Is a European ad hoc seasonal orchestra based at the annual Lucerne Festival in Switzerland. The Lucerne Festival had featured a resident orchestra as far back as 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the first concert of that ensemble. From 1943 until its disbandment in 1993, the festival orchestra consisted primarily of musicians from Switzerland. A few years later, a reconstituted festival orchestra arose, based around players from
126-705: Is not to use italics. For example, The Chicago Manual of Style recommends that familiar Latin phrases that are listed in the Webster's Dictionary , including "ad hoc", not be italicized. In science and philosophy , ad hoc means the addition of extraneous hypotheses to a theory to save it from being falsified . Ad hoc hypotheses compensate for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form. Scientists are often skeptical of scientific theories that rely on frequent, unsupported adjustments to sustain them. Ad hoc hypotheses are often characteristic of pseudo-scientific subjects such as homeopathy . In
147-538: Is often used to describe arbitration (ad hoc arbitration). In other fields, the term could refer to a military unit created under special circumstances (see task force ), a handcrafted network protocol (e.g., ad hoc network ), a temporary collaboration among geographically-linked franchise locations (of a given national brand) to issue advertising coupons, or a purpose-specific equation in mathematics or science. Ad hoc can also function as an adjective describing temporary, provisional, or improvised methods to deal with
168-1170: The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the European Community Youth Orchestra (now the European Union Youth Orchestra ). The most recent incarnation of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra occurred at the instigation of Claudio Abbado (1933–2014), after a conversation in 2000 with Lucerne Festival artistic director Michael Haefliger. The core of the ensemble is the Mahler Chamber Orchestra . The LFO features some soloists and orchestral principals from major orchestras in its ranks, including Kolja Blacher, Wolfram Christ [ de ] , Mirijam Contzen , Diemut Poppen , Natalia Gutman , Jens-Peter Maintz, Jacques Zoon , Reinhold Friedrich , Stefan Dohr , Alessio Allegrini, Mark Templeton , Franz Bartolomey, Alois Posch, Emmanuel Pahud , Albrecht Mayer , Stefan Schweigert, members of
189-790: The Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble, the Alban Berg Quartet and Hagen Quartet . The orchestra also includes members of ensembles with whom Abbado had a connection, such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra , the London Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra . Abbado hand-picked the orchestra members, and the musicians assemble at the beginning of each August in Lucerne for
210-829: The Academy and since 2016, Artistic Director has been the German composer Wolfgang Rihm who has extended his contract as Artistic Director until 2025. With a focus on music from roughly the last 100 years, the academy's repertoire ranges from masterworks by Mahler , Stravinsky or Bartók to commissioned works from living composers including Unsuk Chin , Isabel Mundry , Olga Neuwirth 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 Heinz Holliger , Helmut Lachenmann and Tod Machover . The Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) an orchestra of excellence for
231-450: The UK and other commonwealth countries, ad hoc Royal Commissions may be set up to address specific questions as directed by parliament . In diplomacy, diplomats may be appointed by a government as special envoys , or diplomats who serve on a ad hoc basis due to the possibility that such envoys' offices may either not be retained by a future government or may only exist during the duration of
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#1732863153069252-578: The entire ensemble collects with Abbado. Abbado led the first performances of the newest Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the 2003 festival. Their first residency abroad in Rome was in the autumn of 2005. October 2006 brought their first overseas guest performance, which gave a concert in Tokyo at Suntory Hall . The orchestra made its first Proms debut in August 2007, with Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No. 3 . Abbado and
273-486: The festival orchestra's concert as the replacement for Claudio Abbado, who died in January 2014. In August 2015, the Lucerne Festival announced the appointment of Riccardo Chailly as its next music director, effective with the 2016 Lucerne Festival, with an initial contract of 5 years. In February 2021, the orchestra announced an extension of Chailly's contract as music director through 2026. Ad hoc Ad hoc
294-568: The field of contemporary music. The Festival moreover actively involves the public in the planning process through its digital communication channels. The KKL Luzern serves as the 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. Lucerne Festival Orchestra The Lucerne Festival Orchestra
315-466: 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 former students of the 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
336-407: 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 concert was performed by alumni of the Academy, featuring pieces which he had conducted at the Academy alongside two of his own works. From 2016 to 2018 Matthias Pintscher was Principal Conductor of
357-485: The military, ad hoc units are created during unpredictable situations, when the cooperation between different units is suddenly needed for fast action, or from remnants of previous units which have been overrun or otherwise whittled down. In national and sub-national governance, ad hoc bodies may be established to deal with specific problems not easily accommodated by the current structure of governance or to address multi-faceted issues spanning several areas of governance. In
378-643: The new orchestra ranges from the threshold of classical modernism to works of the present day. In both large and small formations, the LFCO performs concerts at the Academy during the Summer Festival, followed by guest appearances abroad. The 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
399-635: The orchestra were scheduled to appear in the US for the first time, at Carnegie Hall in New York City , in October 2007. However, in September 2007, Abbado announced that he had to withdraw from these scheduled New York concerts because of health concerns. The orchestra performed these concerts with substitute conductors Pierre Boulez and David Robertson . For the 2014 Lucerne Festival, Andris Nelsons conducted
420-682: The summer festival each year. The first alumni performance outside of Europe took place in 2016 during the NY Phil Biennial at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as part of Met Museum Presents under the direction of New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert . The Academy’s network, which has grown over 16 years, now numbers over 1300 instrumentalists, conductors and composers. It represents Lucerne Festival’s long-standing commitment to new and contemporary music. The repertoire of
441-520: Was invited to perform a trial project in 2003, a large orchestra of over 100 musicians from around the world has been invited to Lucerne every summer since. Almost all performances until 2012 were conducted by Boulez himself, with instrumental coaching and technical support was provided by his Ensemble InterContemporain . In recent years, guest conductors including David Robertson , Peter Eötvös and Sir Simon Rattle have been invited to lead masterclasses and conduct concerts, with Boulez being present for
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