Lucerne Festival

Lucerne Festival | Forward 2026
20 - 22 November 2026
“Echoes of Schumann“

Lucerne Festival is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading classical music festivals. Lucerne Festival is structured around its flagship multi-week Summer Festival, complemented by several satellite festivals held throughout the year, each with a distinct artistic focus. For the first time, the autumn festival, Forward, dedicated to contemporary music will be curated by Jörg Widmann.

“Echoes of Schumann”: Lucerne Festival Forward brings old and new into dialogue and explores the fascination that Robert Schumann continues to hold for composers today Also appearing are Matthias Goerne, Heinz Holliger, Christian Jost, Fatma Said, Sir András Schiff, Johanna Summer, Antoine Tamestit, and, of course, the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO).