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Every summer, Lucerne Festival invites leading performers of contemporary music to join its Academy as Guest Faculty, including members of Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, and Ensemble Musikfabrik.

These artists lead workshops for the Academy’s young musicians and actively support their artistic development.

The deadline for applications is 16 February 2025.

My engagement as Guest Faculty will take place from 1 to 3 September 2025.

With the Furrer 70 Anniversary Box Set, Klangforum Wien is creating a lasting legacy for the composer during his lifetime, offering unprecedented access to Beat Furrer’s music in celebration of his 70th birthday.

Beat Furrer – composer, conductor, and founder of the ensemble – has selected 18 essential works from his catalog. He has collaborated with Klangforum Wien, conducting the ensemble in a series of landmark new recordings.

Olivier Vivares performs the Clarinet Concerto as soloist with Klangforum Wien, conducted by the composer himself.

With the Furrer 70 Anniversary Box Set, Klangforum Wien is creating a lasting legacy for the composer during his lifetime, offering unprecedented access to Beat Furrer’s music in celebration of his 70th birthday.

Beat Furrer – composer, conductor, and founder of the ensemble – has selected 18 essential works from his catalog. He has collaborated with Klangforum Wien, conducting the ensemble in a series of landmark new recordings.

Olivier Vivares and Bernhard Zachhuber perform Apoklisis for two bass clarinets.

Mikael Rudolfsson, trombonist and member of Klangforum Wien, has released his first solo album Encounter on the Neos Label.

To mark the occasion, he invited his long-time friend Olivier Vivares to perform Gérard Grisey’s Solo pour deux for clarinet and trombone.

Discover Solo, the collector’s edition by Klangforum Wien: a limited-edition box set of five CDs comprising 36 works for 17 instruments — including five world-premiere pieces composed during lockdown.

This monographic project spotlights Olga Neuwirth, Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino and Rebecca Saunders, inviting a meditation on solitude through music and the essays of four contemporary philosophers.

Olivier Vivares performs Georges Aperghis‘s 280 meures for clarinet.

Discover Solo, the collector’s edition by Klangforum Wien: a limited-edition box set of five CDs comprising 36 works for 17 instruments — including five world-premiere pieces composed during lockdown.

This monographic project spotlights Olga Neuwirth, Georges Aperghis, Toshio Hosokawa, Salvatore Sciarrino and Rebecca Saunders, inviting a meditation on solitude through music and the essays of four contemporary philosophers.

Olivier Vivares performs Toshio Hosokawa’s Edi for clarinet.