First class sound
Renowned conductors and soloists
International recognition

The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester is the resident orchestra at the KKL Luzern, the culture and congress center built according to plans by architect Jean Nouvel and opened in 1998. As Switzerland’s oldest symphony orchestra, it has gained international recognition far beyond its region.

Welcome to the fourth edition of the piano festival «Le Piano Symphonique» from January 13 to 18, 2025

  • «Le Piano Symphonique»

    Since 2022, the Swiss city of Lucerne has become a magical place of pilgrimage for piano lovers, radiating like a «beacon in Swiss musical life”, as described by the NZZ. This was the year the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester launched «Le Piano Symphonique», a festival focussed on the piano and its relation to the symphonic sound world. The festival programme includes not only choice recitals, but also intimate chamber music and solo concertos with orchestra. Lucerne is therefore not only «home to a premier piano festival», as the BBC Music Magazine puts it, but also offers a unique opportunity to experience world-renowned artists up close.

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Magazine on “Le Piano Symphonique”

  • «Le Piano Symphonique»

    Together with CH Media, we were able to create a wonderful magazine with background reports, information and entertaining facts about the piano festival. If you have not received the magazine in one of the various ways over the next three weeks, you can download it here as a PDF.

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Das traditionelle Weihnachtssingen mit dem Luzerner Sinfonieorchester im KKL Luzern

The traditional Christmas Carol Singing with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester at the KKL Luzern

Fazıl Say: World premiere of «Mozart ve Mevlana»

  • Composition commissioned by the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

    «Mozart ve Mevlana» is a homage to Mozart’s Requiem and embodies Say’s identity of Orient and Occident in a striking way. Requiem texts by the Sufi and poet Mevlana Rumi, cast in the exact instrumentation that Mozart used for his Requiem, will be premiered by the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under Michael Sanderling, the Rundfunkchor Berlin and a top-class cast of singers.

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Highlights of the season 2024/25

  • Concert highlight

    Our chamber music matinees

    It is time to try: the chamber music series of the LSO plays “favorite pieces” of the audience and the musicians*. Works could be proposed by both groups, which were then combined into programs in function of practicability and aesthetics. The result is quite amazing.

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  • Portrait

    Khatia Buniatishvili

    Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili will play an exclusive extraconcert to the Pianofestival “Le Piano Symphonique” on April 26th 2025 at KKL Luzern. Read more about the magical Pianist!

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Exceptional musical performances and innovative programs are only possible thanks to the support of a wide circle of sponsors and patrons.

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On stage

Workshop, creative center, home

Since 2020, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester has had its own rehearsal rooms. But the Orchesterhaus has become much more: In addition to orchestra rehearsals, the Orchesterhaus is also home to chamber music concerts and programs for music education.

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