Etienne Reymond, Head of the Artistic Office of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, is to become Artistic and Managing Director of the Lugano Festival. He succeeds Pietro Antonini, who will step down after the end of this year's festival.
As Artistic Director of the Lugano Festival, Reymond will be responsible for concert programming, which will have new opportunities thanks to the future concert hall in the LAC (Lugano Arte e Cultura).
Its tasks also include harmonizing the Lugano Festival's concert offerings with the programmes of other local music institutions, in particular RSI (Radio and Television of Italian-speaking Switzerland) and the Orchestra of Italian-speaking Switzerland Foundation. The Festival will extend its program, which was previously limited to the spring months, to the whole year.
The LAC cultural center is the work of architect Ivano Gianola and is due to open its doors in 2015. Designed as a multi-purpose center, the building offers space for activities in the visual arts, music and performing arts and houses a concert and theater hall in addition to the exhibition space for the New Art Museum.
