Few composers embody the large-scale symphonic world of Late Romanticism as powerfully as Gustav Mahler. After the Resurrection Symphony at the opening of the season, he is therefore present with a second major work. In his Seventh Symphony, too, Mahler builds a world “with all the means of the available technique” – a world ful…

Few composers embody the large-scale symphonic world of Late Romanticism as powerfully as Gustav Mahler. After the Resurrection Symphony at the opening of the season, he is therefore present with a second major work. In his Seventh Symphony, too, Mahler builds a world “with all the means of the available technique” – a world ful…

For all information about the Sinfonieball, please visit: luzernersinfonieball.ch The Luzerner Sinfonieball brings together music, social encounters and charity in a festive ball night at KKL Luzern. The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester presents the evening together with its partners. For full details on the programme, registration and w…

A high-profile concert evening at the KKL Luzern: the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester meets star pianist Alice Sara Ott – in her only Swiss appearance in 2026. Together with conductor Martin Rajna, they create a concert experience full of energy, virtuosity and symphonic brilliance.

Beethoven anniversary concerts inevitably fall short of Beethoven’s own standards. In his famous Academy Concert of 1808, he premiered, among other works, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto, a concert aria, parts of the Mass in C major and the Choral Fantasy. Lasting more than four hours, the evening was “…

At the centre of this Beethoven evening are the Third Piano Concerto and the Choral Fantasy – two works that make Beethoven’s dramatic force and his utopian idea of community tangible in different ways. The Third Piano Concerto is in C minor, a key that in Beethoven often stands for tension, energy and existential drama. Its heroic to…

Beethoven anniversary concerts inevitably fall short of Beethoven’s own standards. In his famous Academy Concert of 1808, he premiered, among other works, the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the Fourth Piano Concerto, a concert aria, parts of the Mass in C major and the Choral Fantasy. Lasting more than four hours, the evening was “…

This Advent matinee combines great Romantic expressiveness with festive colour. The first part centres on Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto – one of the most important works in the cello repertoire, expansive, lyrical, passionate and richly orchestral. Kian Soltani is a soloist who has long been part of the prominent family of artists a…

When Lucerne sings as one, Christmas is just round the corner: at the grand Christmas concert, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and a large family of Lucerne choirs come together to present a theatrical Christmas story for young and old alike. Accompanied by excerpts from John Rutter’s «Mass of the Children» and Beethoven’s «Ode to Joy», a pu…

Joy is also at the heart of the Christmas symphony concert. John Rutter’s music combines festive warmth with radiant vocal power; Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” adds the season’s great musical point of reference. The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester performs together with the Luzerner Mädchenchor and Luzerner Sängerknaben,…

Vocal music gives the New Year’s Concert a festive character with two solo voices. Marina Viotti returns for a special reunion: the mezzo-soprano once appeared to great acclaim in the ensemble of the Luzerner Theater and is now internationally successful. The Kazakh bass Mark Kurmanbayev is an artist to discover, advancing his career …

A joyful and lively start to the New Year! What happens when an entire symphony orchestra starts telling stories? There’s flirting, arguing, laughter and celebration! Sometimes the music sounds mysterious, sometimes exuberant – and sometimes things get so lively that it’s hard to sit still. Under the title “About Last Night”, the Luzerner S…