Carrying our music far beyond the borders
Visiting artists
In the photo: Martha Argerich
World class guests in Lucerne
Renowned soloists and ensembles enrich our program for the 2024/25 season and carry the orchestra’s good reputation far beyond the country’s borders.
Two conducting debuts are eagerly awaited: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Stanislav Kochanowsky will each conduct a symphony concert. Charles Dutoit will conduct “L’Oiseau de feu” by Igor Stravinsky, one of his “signature pieces”, so to speak. Our former chief conductor James Gaffigan returns to Lucerne for the fifth Arthur Waser Prizewinners’ Concert.
World-class soloists such as Martha Argerich, Maria João Pires, Evgeny Kissin, Mikhail Pletnev, Kirill Gerstein, Janine Jansen, Anastasia Kobekina, Kian Soltani and Gautier Capuçon will delight us this season. The best and most interesting contemporary pianists will make the pilgrimage to Lucerne and sit down at the concert grand piano in January under the seal of the new piano festival “Le Piano Symphonique” – including Fazıl Say, Leif Ove Andsnes and Beatrice Rana. Three recitals with other piano stars will also be held during the 2025 festival season: Khatia Buniatishvili, Krystian Zimerman and Evgeny Kissin.
Evgeny Kissin is also associated with one of the highlights of the 2025 edition of the festival: the “Shostakovich Project”. The Russian star pianist will perform solo as well as with Gidon Kremer, the Kopelman Quartet, singer Chen Reiss and tenor Michael Schade, among others, several times during the festival.
