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    12.08.–14.09.2025

    Summer Festival

    Five weeks featuring over 100 concerts and international classical music stars in the heart of Switzerland. 

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    Riccardo Chailly with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
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    Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Beatrice Rana

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia © OMC – Marco Borrelli
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    Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco | Gianluca Capuano | Cecilia Bartoli | Nicola Alaimo

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla © Ben Ealovega
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    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Julia Hagen

    Tabea Zimmermann © Marco Borggreve
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    Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Michelle Di Russo | David Robertson | Sebastian Zinca | Tabea Zimmermann

    Esa-Pekka Salonen © Hiroyuki Ito
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    Orchestre de Paris | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Stefan Dohr

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