They love classical music as well as sharing outstanding concert experiences. This is why the Friends of Lucerne Festival support one of the world’s leading music festivals.

Who are the Friends?

The Friends are an indispensable partner of Lucerne Festival: with their personal commitment and generous annual donations, they make a valuable contribution to the financial security and sustainability of the Festival. In doing so, they are not only committed to promoting the Festival today, but also to its further development. For example, the Friends foster outstanding young talent within the framework of the Lucerne Festival Academy and Music for Future, thus creating a basis for the artistic work of tomorrow.

Support Lucerne Festival

Firmly anchored in Lucerne as a city of music and throughout Switzerland, and at the same time internationally networked, the Friends of Lucerne Festival offer you the opportunity to heighten your concert experience through exclusive discussions with artists, encounters with music experts or rehearsal visits while also becoming part of a community of music enthusiasts and the “festival family”.

More possibilities

Young Friends

Firmly anchored in Lucerne as a city of music and throughout Switzerland, and at the same time internationally networked, the Friends of Lucerne Festival offer you the opportunity to heighten your concert experience through exclusive discussions with artists, encounters with music experts or rehearsal visits while also becoming part of a community of music enthusiasts and the “festival family”.

KKL Luzern © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival

American Friends

You live abroad in America and feel connected to Lucerne Festival. Then become a member of our American Friends. The exchange between friends in Europe and America is important to us. As an American Friend you also support American orchestras that can be experienced at Lucerne Festival.

You are already a Friend of Lucerne Festival? Then you have access to the new "Friends-only" private area. Here you will find exclusive content such as photo reviews, digital concert programs or video content produced especially for our Friends.  If you have lost your login info: feel free to contact us at friends@lucernefestival.ch, +41 41 226 44 52.

Friends-only!

Thank you

We would like to thank our Friends for their support. A special thank-you goes to our patrons:

Regula Gerber | Oswald J. Grübel | Berthold Herrmann and Mariann Grawe-Gerber | Dr. Christoph M. Müller and Sibylla M. Müller | Carla Schwöbel-Braun | Monique and Dr. Thomas Staehelin-Bonnard 

... and Gold Friends:

E. I. Ascher Esq. Trust | Dr. Christian Casal and Katja Biella Casal | Marianne Dätwyler | Dr. Otto and Michaela Happel | André and Rosalie Hoffmann | Dr. Klaus Jenny | Bruce and Suzie Kovner | Makiko and Makoto Nakao | Projekt Villa Serdang | Margrit Wullschleger-Schmidlin

Contact

Foundation Lucerne Festival Friends
Hirschmattstrasse 13 | Postfach | CH-6002 Luzern
Isabelle Köhler | +41 41 226 44 52 | i.koehler@lucernefestival.ch
Katja Fleischer | +41 41 226 44 51 | k.fleischer@lucernefestival.ch

Bank details
Switzerland: Foundation Lucerne Festival Friends | Credit Suisse AG
CH08 0483 5025 6252 0100 3 | BIC: CRESCHZZ80A

Germany: Foundation Lucerne Festival Friends | Sparkasse Essen
DE55 3605 0105 0001 8614 00 | BIC: SPESDE3EXXX