Orchestra Academy

The aim of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Academy is to give future generations of musicians an insight into the professional workings of a symphony orchestra.

The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester is active both as resident concert orchestra at the KKL Lucerne and as opera orchestra at the Lucerne Theatre. The multi-faceted programme of our institution offers highly talented young musicians from Switzerland and abroad the opportunity to gain valuable experience for their future careers.
To this end, academy students are actively involved in the orchestra’s schedule, including symphony concerts, tours, CD productions and opera productions at the Lucerne Theatre.

In regular individual lessons, the academists are prepared and coached specifically for these tasks by their mentors, the principals and soloists of the orchestra. In addition, focus is placed on communal chamber music, preparation for auditions, mental training and the joint development of outreach projects. In this way, not only the musical but also the personal skills of the participants are systematically strengthened. At the end of the season, a chamber music concert organised by the academy members themselves provides an opportunity to present their accomplishments to the public in a professional setting.
Further goals of the academy are the general promotion of talent and the fostering of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester’s international reputation. Last but not least, our academy members ideally grow into future ambassadors of our institution as well as possible future employees. We intend that the academy should become one of the leading orchestral academies in Switzerland, and be developed and positioned as such in the coming years.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of a Swiss foundation for the training of Swiss academy students.

The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester Academy is kindly supported by the Geert and Lore Blanken-Schlemper Foundation.