On August 22 at 7:30 p.m., Michael Sanderling will open his tenure as the new principal conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. He contributes two important building blocks to the great Schumann cycle as part of the Lucerne Festival.

Opening of the season with Anton Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, perhaps his most popular: a marvelous start of the new chief conductor Michael Sanderling.

With the "Audience Orchestra" project, the dream of amateur musicians who have always wanted to share the stage with a professional orchestra becomes reality. Over 80 applications have been received. The project will start in September 2021.