Friends Programme 2026/27

Encounters, insights and special musical experiences

As a member of our Friendsโ€™ circle, you experience the orchestra up close. Here you will find the programme for the 2026/27 season for Maestro and Allegro members. Some events are reserved exclusively for these two membership levels.

Programme 2026/27

10 December 2026 | General Meeting of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

The General Meeting of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester takes place from 6 pm in the large hall of the Orchesterhaus. With a chamber music programme followed by an apรฉro.

13 December 2026 | Friendsโ€™ Patronage Concert: Advent Matinรฉe

With Tchaikovskyโ€™s ballet music ยซThe Nutcrackerยป, we warmly welcome our Friends to the festive Advent Matinรฉe. The concert is followed by a get-together, offering the opportunity to meet members and new members.

As part of our initiative ยซFriends invite Friendsยป, our Friends may invite one guest to the concert free of charge. This gives interested guests the chance to get to know the Friendsโ€™ circle better.

Buy your tickets online using the booking code Freunde+1 or contact our box office.

Concert and tickets

18 February 2027 | Closer to the Orchestra โ€“ Meet the Musicians

Exclusively for Maestro and Allegro

Meet musicians of our orchestra in person. Exclusively for Maestro and Allegro members, orchestra members share insights before the concert into playing together as an ensemble and into the particularities of their work. This personal exchange offers you the opportunity to discover the orchestra from a new perspective.

To the concert

5 May 2027 | Annual Friendsโ€™ Reception at the Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern

We look forward to welcoming you to the traditional reception of the Friends of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester at the Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern.

17 June 2027 | End-of-Season Celebration

Exclusively for Maestro and Allegro

To close the season, we traditionally raise a glass together with our Chief Conductor after the concert. We look forward to personal encounters and stimulating conversations.

To the concert

Chamber music concerts

As a Friends member, you receive two complimentary tickets for a chamber music concert. The voucher is enclosed with the printed annual programme.

Our concert tip: Experience the cellists of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester on 24 January 2027 at the Orchesterhaus Kriens.

To the concert tip

Further information on the individual events, as well as any additions to dates and times, will be provided with the respective invitations.

On behalf of the Committee of the Friends of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

Leo Grรผter, President | Numa Bischof Ullmann, Intendant

Friendsโ€™ Office

Antoinette Kunz Kahn, Head | Katja Bachmann

How to reach us

freunde@sinfonieorchester.ch
T +41 41 226 05 15

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