--- title: "Lucerne Festivals Forward Festival Lucerne" url: "https://www.luzern.com/en/poi/lucerne-festivals-forward-festival-lucerne" description: "The starting point is the idea of using the Lucerne Festival Academy's international network, which has grown over the years and now comprises more than 1,200 talented musicians, as a collective mastermind. The concerts are not only organized by the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO), our orchestra of excellence for the performance of new and contemporary music. Selected contemporary leaders from the Academy network also develop the program. In doing so, they break new ground to close the gap between so-called \"new music\" and the audience: they seek contact with the audience, try out unusual concert formats, focus on lesser-known voices and aesthetic positions in contemporary music-making and consciously mix nationalities, generations and genders.Podcast \"Views from the Top\"DateNovember 20 - 22, 2026" language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2192234/0cab9020b77f1902bb5617f8a5560e88f94e37bd3af45229a8b94c6ac9b03793/lucerne-festival-forward.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Welcome to Lucerne > Special > Destination.Data Details > poi" --- Share Lucerne Festivals Forward Festival Lucerne ========================================== - Concert Hall Lucerne Festival Forward Lucerne Festival Forward Switzerland Tourism Podcast "Views from the Top" ### Switzerland Tourism Podcast "Views from the Top" Lucerne Festival Forward Every year in November, Lucerne Festival Forward offers contemporary music a stage and gives the musicians of the younger generation a voice. The starting point is the idea of using the Lucerne Festival Academy's international network, which has grown over the years and now comprises more than 1,200 talented musicians, as a collective mastermind. The concerts are not only organized by the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO), our orchestra of excellence for the performance of new and contemporary music. Selected contemporary leaders from the Academy network also develop the program. In doing so, they break new ground to close the gap between so-called "new music" and the audience: they seek contact with the audience, try out unusual concert formats, focus on lesser-known voices and aesthetic positions in contemporary music-making and consciously mix nationalities, generations and genders. Date ---- November 20 - 22, 2026 Read more Good to know ------------ Target group - Individual guests - Adults - Seniors Directions & Parking facilities You can get here by public transport or by car. Read more Embedded content Views from the Top ST - Lucerne FestivalPlay external content Please accept all necessary cookies to watch this video. Read more Accessibility / Location - Accessible by public transport - Central location - In the city Social Media Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Event - Gastronomy - Gastronomy - concert - Place of interest - Cultural Centre - Cultural Centre - Congress Centre - Tours 9.92 km - Tour 15.63 km - racing bike 32.19 km - bike tour - Webcams - Media - Media - Media Contact **Lucerne Festival** Hirschmattstrasse 13 6002 Luzern