Heri moves from Basel to Lucerne
Felix Heri will take over the management of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Alumni on June 1. Heri joins the festival from the Basel Sinfonietta, where he has worked since 2012 and has been Managing Director since 2013.
The Lucerne Festival Academy was founded in 2004 by Pierre Boulez and Festival Director Michael Haefliger. Every summer, young orchestral musicians, conductors and composers from all over the world work with renowned composers and conductors from the new music scene on contemporary scores and modern classics.
Composer Wolfgang Rihm has been Artistic Director of the Academy since 2016. The Lucerne Festival Alumni are a constantly growing network of over 1ʼ200 former Lucerne Festival Academy participants. They are not only present in Lucerne during the summer, but also act as international ambassadors for the Lucerne Festival and perform in various countries.
Felix Heri was born in Deitingen/Solothurn in 1986 and initially studied clarinet at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, before completing a degree in cultural management at the University of Basel.
