[3] Each festival features resident orchestras and soloists alongside guest performances from international ensembles and artists.

The central festival takes place in summer from mid-August to mid-September and offers a widely varied range of approximately 100 concerts and related events primarily at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) designed by Jean Nouvel.

It was then, with a legendary "Concert de Gala," that Arturo Toscanini gathered celebrated virtuosos of the era together to form a unique elite orchestra.

[6] The Lucerne Festival Orchestra comprises internationally acclaimed principals, chamber musicians, and music teachers.

[8] Each summer, Academy members are joined by leading internationally renowned composers and conductors to work on contemporary scores and modern classics and to perform music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

This newly conceived Festival orchestra for the music of our time is composed of members of the international Academy network.

A Mendelssohn Festival is planned for the first two years, coupling all of the composer's symphonies with music by his contemporaries Wagner, Schubert, and Berlioz, as well as his role model Johann Sebastian Bach.

Beginning in 2023, he will present a long weekend each May in which he himself will not only perform but also introduce artist friends and ensembles from other musical genres.

Additionally, Bernard Haitink together with the Lucerne Festival Strings led annual master classes for young conductors.

It showcased keyboard virtuosos and emerging stars in a mixture of recitals, orchestral concerts, and chamber music.