Andreas Ottensamer inspires with his musical versatility and thrilling concerts and is in constant demand worldwide as a conductor, clarinettist and artistic director. Ottensamer is considered one of the leading instrumentalists of our time and performs as a soloist with the most renowned orchestras and conductors in the world’s great concert halls.

74 musicians from around 20 nations form an orchestra with international charisma. As the orchestra in residence at the KKL Luzern, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester represents the music city of Lucerne on international tours.

The Arthur Waser Prize is being awarded for the fifth time; this year it goes to the 25-year-old clarinettist Jonathan Leibovitz from Israel. He will make his debut with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra with Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto.

Sergei Rachmaninoff, a middle-aged man, lives directly on Lake Lucerne, surrounded by magnificent roses, bushes and trees. He spends the whole day practicing the piano and composing. He strolls through the garden and lets his thoughts wander. Then a little girl abruptly snaps him out of his reverie: “Boo!” She jumps out laughing from behind a rose bush: “Who are you?” – and holds out a daisy to him: “Smell it!”

The music truck is the mobile venue of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. Based on the idea that the audience listens to the orchestra in the concert hall, the orchestra makes its way through central Switzerland.