Cello melancholy in Elgar and triumph in Dvořák Imagine an entire orchestra of seasoned musicians listening intently to a 19-year-old teenager. That will be the case when South Korean Jaemin Han, born in 2006, plays Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. The cellist came to international attention in 2021 w…

Cello melancholy in Elgar and triumph in Dvořák Imagine an entire orchestra of seasoned musicians listening intently to a 19-year-old teenager. That will be the case when South Korean Jaemin Han, born in 2006, plays Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. The cellist came to international attention in 2021 w…

Young stars in core repertoire by Beethoven and Brahms What do classical music, chess, cinema, history and football have in common? The answer: the 28-year-old Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, who was born in Paris to Chinese parents and combines all of these interests with a glittering career as a pianist. He not only won the 2021 Chopin Compet…

Young stars in core repertoire by Beethoven and Brahms What do classical music, chess, cinema, history and football have in common? The answer: the 28-year-old Canadian pianist Bruce Liu, who was born in Paris to Chinese parents and combines all of these interests with a glittering career as a pianist. He not only won the 2021 Chopin Compet…

A Musical Patchwork Family for Mother’s Day This Mother’s Day concert shows how naturally music from different eras and styles can come together. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor unfolds with irresistible rhythmic energy and a striking sense of modernity. For Fazıl Say – a pianist and composer who moves freely between…

Lisa Batiashvili and Nikoloz Rachveli take the audience on a journey through eleven cities that are particularly close to Batiashvili’s heart. From Chaplin to Legrand to Piazzolla – classical music meets jazz, tango and film music. The performance is accompanied by an impressive screen projection that brings the stories of the c…

Young and wild for life: “Rising Stars” with new and rare finds Excitement is in the air when the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester presents “Rising Stars”. On one hand because you might encounter a star of the future, on the other because aside from up-and-coming young musicians you can also experience works outside of the…

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…