Lampo commissions, produces, and presents the work of music's leading experimentalists. The organization carefully curates each season of concerts—bringing musicians and composers from around the world to Chicago, and supporting the creation of new works. By design, Lampo produces few projects annually, focusing special attention on each one, and making each a distinct experience for the artists and their audience.

Andrew Fenchel is the founding director of Lampo, where he has programmed and produced hundreds of live performances, often in partnership with other cultural institutions, including the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Conversations at the Edge, the Graham Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Poetry Foundation, Rebuild Foundation and the Stony Island Arts Bank, the Renaissance Society, and the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago. In addition to his role with Lampo, he has served on numerous review panels and juries, locally, nationally, and internationally.

Lampo, established in 1997, supports artists working in new music, experimental sound, and other interdisciplinary practices. The Chicago-based organization's core activity is its performance series. Rather than making programming decisions around tour schedules, Lampo invites selected artists to create and perform new work, and then provides the space, resources, and curatorial support to help them fulfill their vision. Lampo also organizes artist talks, lectures, screenings and workshops, and publishes written and recorded documents related to its series.