Season 2026–2027
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OPENING +
To launch its new season, United Instruments of Lucilin takes over LUCA for an evening inviting audiences to discover contemporary music in all its forms. Bringing together several experiences that marked this summer’s Musique + Festival, the concert revisits them to create a new journey and set the tone for the season ahead. Programme: a […]
Festival Bridges 2
Programme: Camille Kerger, Wish Camille Kerger, Do You Hear the Silence
October 2026
Save The Date - Institut Grand-Ducal, Section Arts et Lettres
À l’occasion de la parution de deux nouveaux recueils de poésie, la Section Arts et Lettres de l’Institut Grand-Ducal organise à la Fondation Valentiny une matinée placée sous le signe des mots, de l’écoute et du partage. Au cœur de cette rencontre, une lecture de poèmes ponctuée d’interludes musicaux par les musicien·ne·s de United Instruments […]
Lucilin Now! – Blind Date
What if you listened to a work without knowing anything about it? For this new Lucilin Now! – Blind Date, the audience discovers a piece without knowing its title, composer or story. A first blind listening, with no context or clues, leaving room for sensations and imagination to take over. After this first encounter, the […]
Lucilin × Klang: In Trance
Michael Gordon’s Trance is one of the most influential works of recent decades. In 2026, the piece will celebrate its 30th anniversary, a milestone that coincides nicely with the 70th birthday of its composer, Michael Gordon, in the same year. Ensemble Klang has seized upon these anniversaries to bring this iconic work to Dutch stages […]
Lucilin × Klang: In Trance
Michael Gordon’s Trance is one of the most influential works of recent decades. In 2026, the piece will celebrate its 30th anniversary, a milestone that coincides nicely with the 70th birthday of its composer, Michael Gordon, in the same year. Ensemble Klang has seized upon these anniversaries to bring this iconic work to Dutch stages […]
Sensorial Symphonies
With Sensorial Symphonies, choreographer Elisabeth Schilling explores our relationship with the plant world through a creation where dance, music, sound, scenography and sensory experience come together. The piece draws on the intensity of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, deconstructed and reimagined through original compositions by Pascal Schumacher and enriched by The Plant Philharmonic, a […]
November 2026
Luxembourg Composition Academy – Closing Concert
One week to write, experiment, exchange ideas and bring new works to life. Each year, the Luxembourg Composition Academy brings together eight emerging composers from different backgrounds for a week entirely dedicated to contemporary creation. Guided by two renowned composers and the musicians of United Instruments of Lucilin, each participant develops a new piece through […]
Lucilin × Klang: In Trance
Dans le cadre du festival rainy days Après Amsterdam et La Haye, United Instruments of Lucilin et Ensemble Klang se retrouvent au Luxembourg pour faire résonner Trance de Michael Gordon dans le Grand Auditorium de la Philharmonie. Écrite pour un ensemble de 22 musiciennes et musiciens, Trance déploie une énergie répétitive et hypnotique, faite de […]
Prix Arts et Lettres 2026
The Prix Arts et Lettres of the Institut Grand-Ducal is awarded every two years to emerging artists from Luxembourg’s cultural scene, across a range of artistic disciplines. For its 2026 edition, the prize is awarded to conductor Pit Brosius, Artistic and Music Director of the Orchestre National des Jeunes du Luxembourg, who is deeply committed […]
December 2026
LUCILIN IN THE CITY #21 - À contre-courant
January 2027
Sensorial Symphonies
Following its premiere at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Sensorial Symphonies continues its journey with a new performance at CAPE Ettelbruck. In this work, choreographer Elisabeth Schilling explores our relationship with the plant world through a creation where dance, music, sound, scenography and sensory experience come together. The piece draws on the intensity of Sergei […]
February 2027
Lucilin Now! A Thousand Possible Ends of the World
What if the end of the world wasn’t singular, but multiple? For this new edition of Lucilin Now!, United Instruments of Lucilin hands over the evening to sound artists Belenish Moreno-Gil and Óscar Escudero. Together, they present A Thousand Possible Ends of the World, a musical and fictional journey through different apocalyptic scenarios. An invitation […]
March 2027
Niki - A portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle.
As part of Samedis aux Théâtres, a monthly series extending the programme of the Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg through moments of exchange and reflection, the cycle conceived by composer Albena Petrovic continues in March 2027 with a second portrait of a woman. Following Queen of the Air, dedicated to Amelia Earhart, this new […]
April 2027
A Ritual for Lucilin
Conceived by soprano Juliet Fraser for and with the musicians of United Instruments of Lucilin, A Ritual for Lucilin explores the idea of renewal: leaving certain things behind, allowing new energy to emerge and opening up new possibilities. Here, the boundaries of the traditional concert begin to dissolve. Instruments are played, of course, but the […]