As you know, Julia Fischer is a brilliant violinist, an exceptional performer who can be entrusted with anything – even Britten’s violin concerto, which still rather lags behind the popular Romantic warhorses in the public’s favour. Wrongly so, as Julia Fischer proves with panache. She lovingly shapes Britten’s canti…

As you know, Julia Fischer is a brilliant violinist, an exceptional performer who can be entrusted with anything – even Britten’s violin concerto, which still rather lags behind the popular Romantic warhorses in the public’s favour. Wrongly so, as Julia Fischer proves with panache. She lovingly shapes Britten’s canti…

Virtuosity in full force: A calling card to open the season The first concert of the season is, in more ways than one, a calling card for the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. For a start, Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony continues the orchestra’s exploration of large scale late Romantic repertoire under chief conductor Michael Sanderli…

Virtuosity in full force: A calling card to open the season The first concert of the season is, in more ways than one, a calling card for the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. For a start, Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony continues the orchestra’s exploration of large scale late Romantic repertoire under chief conductor Michael Sanderli…

Melancholy and fairytale splendour with solo violin A major attraction of the solo concerto is that the soloist can show off their virtuosity. Yet beyond the showmanship lies an inner world, where the interaction between soloist and ensemble is the very ideal of orchestral chamber music. Robert Schumann’s violin concerto is an excell…

Melancholy and fairytale splendour with solo violin A major attraction of the solo concerto is that the soloist can show off their virtuosity. Yet beyond the showmanship lies an inner world, where the interaction between soloist and ensemble is the very ideal of orchestral chamber music. Robert Schumann’s violin concerto is an excell…

Final concert of the conducting week from November 17 to 20, 2025, in conjunction with the awarding of an assistant conductor position for one year. The conducting week and the establishment of the assistant position are made possible by a Swiss foundation.

Nordic soundscapes in original version Works from the late Romantic period require not only large forces but also the cultivation of an appropriate orchestral sound. In order to develop this, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester works with different guest conductors according to the repertoire. Since 2011 the orchestra has been working on Nordic …

Nordic soundscapes in original version Works from the late Romantic period require not only large forces but also the cultivation of an appropriate orchestral sound. In order to develop this, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester works with different guest conductors according to the repertoire. Since 2011 the orchestra has been working on Nordic …

Christmas matinee: request concert with a surprise gift Our Christmas matinee is effectively a request concert. Edvard Grieg’s rousing piano concerto and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, filled with the sounds of nature, have become classics of the repertoire, their folkloristic style lending universal appeal. The matinee is also a surprise gift t…

This year, inspired by Charles Dickens’ beloved classic “A Christmas Carol”, a very special surprise awaits you – three ghosts sneak into the KKL concert hall to conjure up the Christmas spirit despite many challenges.

New Year’s Concert with music like sparkling champagne Every year the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester New Year’s concerts prove that it is not only Viennese waltzes that can awaken the sparkling New Year spirit. Yes, there will be echoes of the Viennese tradition this year with Johann Strauss, but two soloists will give it a spectacular twist: T…

New Year’s Concert with music like sparkling champagne Every year the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester New Year’s concerts prove that it is not only Viennese waltzes that can awaken the sparkling New Year spirit. Yes, there will be echoes of the Viennese tradition this year with Johann Strauss, but two soloists will give it a spectacular twist: T…

The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester’s piano festival began with two symphonic concerts and chamber music performances under the title “Piano symphonique”. In recent years, the focus has increasingly shifted to solo recitals, but this year the symphonic aspect will be emphasised once again, with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester gi…

The second symphony concert of the piano festival expresses the founding principles of the “Piano Symphonique” in two different ways. First is the idea of bringing together stars and young artists from across the generations. Christoph Eschenbach, a doyen among conductors, takes to the podium, while the soloist in Prokofiev̵…

An exciting lesson in rhetoric with Mozart and Maestro Antonini Chief conductor Michael Sanderling is looking to uphold the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester’s chamber symphony tradition as it moves towards large-scale repertoire. The aim is to “complement long musical lines and endless cantabile with the rhetoric so intrinsic to the music of Moza…

An exciting lesson in rhetoric with Mozart and Maestro Antonini Chief conductor Michael Sanderling is looking to uphold the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester’s chamber symphony tradition as it moves towards large-scale repertoire. The aim is to “complement long musical lines and endless cantabile with the rhetoric so intrinsic to the music of Moza…

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…

Musical patchwork family on Mother’s Day Our Mother’s Day concert proves that early and modern music need not be opposites, but can be combined in myriad ways to form a kind of patchwork family. Even the overtures in this stylistically diverse programme are not afraid to sit side by side. There is sighing and unrest in Giovanni …

Lisa Batiashvili and Nikoloz Rachveli take the audience on a sonorous 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…

Lisa Batiashvili and Nikoloz Rachveli take the audience on a sonorous 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…