You are invited apply for one or both of the following Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) projects:

• Guest performance at the Donaueschinger Musiktage (13 – 17 October 2021)
  • For budgetary reasons, this project is unfortunately only open to musicians based in Europe.
• Lucerne Festival Forward (15/16 – 22 November 2021)

Donaueschinger Musiktage

Concert
Saturday 16 October | 20:00 | Baar-Sporthalle, Donaueschingen

Pierre Boulez Polyphonie X
Milica Djordjevic New Work (world premiere)
Christian Mason New Work (world premiere)

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Baldur Brönnimann conductor


Situated in a small town in south-western Germany, the Donaueschiger Musiktage is one of Europe’s oldest new music festivals, this year celebrating its 100^th anniversary. For their first appearance at the festival, the LFCO has been invited to perform Boulez’s rarely heard early work Polyphonie X, plus two world premieres.

Instruments required
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 bassoon, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 6 percussion, 2 violins, 2 viola, 1 violoncello, 1 double bass

First rehearsal:
Wednesday 13 October, 18:00. All rehearsals will take place in Donaueschingen.

Fee and per Diem
CHF 750.00 gross
CHF 90.00 total per Diem

Travel
Arrival date: Wednesday 13 October
Departure date: Sunday 17 October
Lucerne Festival will cover the travel expenses (within Europe) of each musician to and from Donaueschingen.

Accommodation
The Donaueschinger Musiktage will arrange and cover the cost of accommodation (single hotel rooms) of each musician in Donaueschingen.



Lucerne Festival Forward

Concerts
Friday 19 – Sunday 21 November | KKL Lucerne

Programme includes
Olga Neuwirth Construction in space
Jessie Cox new work (world premiere)
Liza Lim Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus
Pauline Oliveros Out of the Dark
and much more: https://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/program/forward-festival-21

Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Elena Schwarz conductor
Mariano Chiacchiarini conductor

The Lucerne Festival Forward is a new annual festival devoted to the sounds and ideas of our time, offering a platform for contemporary music and giving a voice to musicians of the young generation. Curated and performed by fellow members of the Lucerne Festival Academy network, the programme encourages contact with listeners, experiments with unusual concert formats, focuses on lesser-known voices and aesthetic positions on the creation of contemporary music, and purposely mixes nationalities, generations, and genders.

Instruments required
2 flutes, 1 oboe, 2 clarinets, 1 bassoon, 1 saxophone, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 2 percussion, 2 violoncelli

First rehearsal
Tuesday 16 November, 10:00 OR Wednesday 17 November, 10:00 depending on instrumentation
All rehearsals will take place in Lucerne.

Fee and per Diem
CHF 350.00 gross per day
CHF 40 per Diem for each rehearsal/performance day, CHF 20 per Diem for each travel day

Travel
Arrival day: Monday 15 November OR Tuesday 16 November depending on instrumentation
Departure day: Monday 22 November
Lucerne Festival will cover the travel expenses of each musician to and from Lucerne.

Accommodation
Lucerne Festival will arrange and cover the cost of accommodation (single hotel rooms) of each musician.



Application requirements (both projects)
– One or two video recording(s) (maximum total 15 minutes) solo or chamber music made within the last two years
– Curriculum vitae in English (maximum of two pages)

Selection process (both projects)
The selection will be made of the Lucerne Festival Conteporary Leaders. The results of the selections will be announced by the mid-September 2021. There is no right of legal appeal. No correspondence regarding the decisions will be conducted.

Application deadline (both projects)
Friday, 27 August 2021

Contact
contemporary@lucernefestival.ch

The closing date for applications is 27.08.2021.