2025 Summer Festival

“Open End” is the theme of Michael Haefliger’s final Summer Festival as Executive and Artistic 
Director. This year’s “Open End” Festival theme will be explored from multiple perspectives. The programming features works with an open-ended character – compositions that are part of an ongoing cycle or that have remained unfinished, such as Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10, which will be performed on Opening Night on 15 August. The “Open End” theme also resonates in the Festival’s focus on Pierre Boulez, founder of the Lucerne Festival Academy, whose 100th birthday is being celebrated with a series titled “Cosmos Boulez.” Throughout his life, Boulez viewed composition as a work-in-progress – an ongoing creative process without a definitive conclusion. This summer, audiences can once again look forward to the stars of the industry and the most renowned international orchestras and conductors. 

Press release from Lucerne Festival