Winter surprises

12. May 2022

Taking a Stand in Solidarity with Ukraine

The Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine will make a guest appearance at Lucerne Festival on 8 Aug...

12. May 2022

“Find the Concert for You”

Are you trying to decide which of our many concerts to choose from this summer? Our questionnaire...

19. April 2022

2022 Fritz Gerber Award

Percussionist Elliott James Harrison, cellist Charlotte Elise Lorenz, and pianist Yilan Zhao have...

12. April 2022

Mendelssohn Festival

Highlights film: This was the first edition of our new spring festival!

01. April 2022

Debuts 2022

We will introduce you to this year's debut artists with short video clips.

30. March 2022

Be on the Lookout: Online Ticket Purchase Scams

We are receiving increasing reports of untrustworthy Internet platforms offering and selling conc...

25. March 2022

Playlists

Tune your ears to Lucerne Festival.

17. March 2022

"Diversity"

The 2022 Summer Theme

15. March 2022

«Schlagt ihn tot, er ist ein Rezensent»

Die neue Online-Talk-Reihe

13. March 2022

Happy Birthday, Wolfgang Rihm!

The Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy is celebrating his 70th birthday.

11. March 2022

New podcast series

In the podcast series "Appetizer" we familiarize you with selected works from the festival program.

08. March 2022

Preview of the 2022 Summer Festival

9 August to 11 September

05. March 2022

New orchestras for concerts on August 21 and 22

Lucerne Festival has cancelled the performance of Denis Matsuev.

28. February 2022

Lucerne Festival Cancels the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev

Changements for the concert on 21 and 22 August

09. February 2022

Using Vouchers Online

New Lucerne Festival vouchers that were purchased from 2021 onwards can be redeemed directly online.

04. February 2022

New CD: Géza Anda

Géza Anda and the Lucerne Festival

20. January 2022

DVD box set: Claudio Abbado – The Last Years

Now available in our web shop

10. January 2022

Lucerne Festival and Ensemble Modern

A Swiss-German partnership to promote the young generation of composers

29. November 2021

New DVD: Blomstedt conducts Beethoven

In the summer of 2020, Herbert Blomstedt stood on the podium of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra fo...

22. November 2021

Lucerne Festival Forward

In this video series, we will introduce you to the composers and the program of Lucerne Festival ...

22. November 2021

The first edition of Lucerne Festival Forward

The first Forward Festival for contemporary music unveiled new perspectives for the concert exper...

10. November 2021

Mendelssohn Festival from 8 to 10 April 2022

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly will devote the new Spring Festival to the co...

10. November 2021

Summer Festival 2022

Preview of the 2022 Summer Festival from 9 August to 11 September.

14. October 2021

Lucerne Festival Forward

New dimensions of listening and unusual approaches to contemporary music.

13. October 2021

Looking Forward

In this video series, we will introduce you to the composers and the program of Lucerne Festival ...

15. September 2021

Highlights 2021

Highlights of Lucerne Festival in Summer 2021.

15. September 2021

The History of the Festival in Sound

The latest CD release in the Historic Performances series is here. It focuses on the conductor K...

10. September 2021

96% capacity and 47 sold-out concerts

Lucerne Festival’s summer of music achieves highly favorable overall results

03. September 2021

New Composition Commissions

“Roche Commissions” 2022: Thomas Adès to write a violin concerto for Anne-Sophie Mutter

19. August 2021

New members of the Board of Trustees

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, gallery owner Manuela Wirth, and Christian Gellerstad, a member of ...

10. August 2021

Keeping you safe

We are doing everything we can to ensure that you can enjoy live music free of worry, even in the...

06. August 2021

Lucerne Festival Online

Enjoy Lucerne Festival Online

29. July 2021

Lucerne Festival Forward

«Come close and move forward together»

27. July 2021

FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE!

Lucerne Festival is continuing to expand its commitment to sustainability.

30. June 2021

Keeping You Safe at the Concert: Our Plan to Protect Your Health

We are doing everything possible to ensure that you can enjoy live music free of worry, even in c...

30. June 2021

Lucerne Festival Forward

How is a contemporary music festival created? Two webinars in July will offer the public insights...

15. June 2021

Neue Aerosolstudie der Hochschule Luzern und des SCOEH

Mehrheitlich gute Lüftungswirksamkeit im KKL Luzern – Grundlage für weitere Öffnungsschritte ist ...

18. May 2021

2021 Fritz Gerber Award

The clarinetist Daniela Braun, the violinist Anastasiia Subrakova, and the saxophonist Luis Homed...

17. May 2021

Personalised tickets

In order to guarantee contact tracing as required by the authorities, we collect personal data (f...

14. May 2021

Your personal online profile

With advance ticket sales for 2021, are introducing an improved, intuitively operated ticketing s...

05. May 2021

A New Era begins

The New Projects: Curtain Up for a New Era with Four Festivals.

05. May 2021

New Festival Structure: The Three Categories

The three new categories “Symphony,” “Contemporary,” and “Music for Future” represent focal point...

05. May 2021

Summer Festival

The Summer Festival, which will take place from 10 August to 12 September 2021, offers a diverse ...

10. March 2021

Connected

Let’s stay in touch online even between each festival!

17. February 2021

New Start Time for Summer Sales

Everything remains different from the normal patterns. The ongoing uncertainty of the coronavirus...

11. February 2021

Extension of Riccardo Chailly’s Contract

Riccardo Chailly's contract as Music Director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra has been extended...

08. February 2021

Meisterwerke@home

Enjoy four musical delicacies from our archives. Under the direction of Riccardo Chailly, the LUC...

25. January 2021

2021 ICMA Award

Award for Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

08. December 2020

The recorder player Lea Sobbe wins the 2021 "Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes"

The 2021 "Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes" has been
awarded to the recorder player Lea Sobbe....

16. November 2020

"Art to the Power of 2" with Michael and Andreas Haefliger

Already online: "Kunst hoch 2" ("Art to the Power of 2") is a six-part documentary series on 3sat...

14. September 2020

#SolidarityForMusic – over 763'000 music notes collected

On September 11th, #SolidarityForMusic ended: We collected a total of CHF 275’616, which will be ...

14. August 2020

New CD: Armin Jordan

Vivid colors and flexibility, warmth and euphony: the Swiss conductor Armin Jordan combines the F...

14. August 2020

New DVD: Chailly Conducts Rachmaninoff

Kicking off a major cycle: Riccardo Chailly and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA concentrate on Ser...

12. August 2020

#SolidarityForMusic: A Relief Campaign for Musicians in Switzerland

The coronavirus crisis has changed the world we live in. And it has been hitting those who make m...

26. June 2020

Life Is Live | 14 – 23 August

Lucerne Festival will launch a festival consisting of nine concerts in mid-August. The opening on...

27. May 2020

Short Festival This Summer

Our statement following today's Swiss Federal Council press conference.

19. May 2020

Fritz Gerber Award 2020

Helga Karen, Thomas Hong Yiu Lai, and Aurélien Gignoux named recipients of the 2020 Fritz Gerber ...

21. April 2020

Felix Heri Named New Managing Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Alumni

Felix Heri will take over as Managing Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Alumni on 1 Ju...