Large scale Romanticism in CinemaScope format Chief conductor Michael Sanderling’s promise to develop a “lush and opulent-sounding repertoire” with the full forces of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester is fulfilled twice in our final concert, beginning with the second symphony by Jean Sibelius, which evolves from simple motifs…

Large scale Romanticism in CinemaScope format Chief conductor Michael Sanderling’s promise to develop a “lush and opulent-sounding repertoire” with the full forces of the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester is fulfilled twice in our final concert, beginning with the second symphony by Jean Sibelius, which evolves from simple motifs…

Final Concert of the Conducting Week from 22 to 26 September 2026, in connection with the awarding of a one-year assistant conductor position. The Conducting Week and the establishment of the assistant position are made possible by a Swiss foundation.

Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony is the flagship of this season. With this work, Chief Conductor Michael Sanderling sets course for monumental orchestral forces: more than 100 musicians, choir and two soloists come together in a large-scale undertaking of extraordinary dimensions – a journey of around ninety minutes from solemn funeral…

Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony is the flagship of this season. With this work, Chief Conductor Michael Sanderling sets course for monumental orchestral forces: more than 100 musicians, choir and two soloists come together in a large-scale undertaking of extraordinary dimensions – a journey of around ninety minutes from solemn funeral…

How can classical music and club culture be brought together across generations? Formats such as the “Yellow Lounge”, founded in Berlin, or “TonhalleLATE” in Zurich have shown how classical live acts and club atmosphere can open up new spaces for music. The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester now develops this idea further in…

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…

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 “…