Lucerne Symphony Orchestra builds rehearsal house
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra wants to build its own rehearsal house on the Südpol site. It will include rehearsal facilities for the musicians and their chamber music ensembles as well as a center for children's and youth projects.
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra will be the main user of the building. It will also be used by other institutions from Lucerne's musical life. Talks are already underway with the "Blasorchester Stadtmusik Luzern".
In addition to the existing music school and the Südpol cultural center, the new music academy will also be built on the Südpol site in the near future. Together with the premises of the Lucerne Theater housed there, this will create an entire music campus.
According to the orchestra's press release, the building will be largely financed by private donors. The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Foundation undertakes to cover part of the operating costs. The remainder of the operating costs will be financed through rentals to the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Association and other users.
An architectural competition was held for the building in December 2016. The orchestra intends to communicate about this if the feasibility of the project is realistic. The construction project is to be worked out in detail by fall 2017 and the building application is to be submitted by the end of 2017. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2018 and is expected to take around one year.
