Press conference in Beijing at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra's Asia Tour 2017 © Oliver Becker / Lucerne Festival
Press conference in Beijing at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra's Asia Tour 2017 © Oliver Becker / Lucerne Festival

In the summer of 2023, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the de luxe orchestra, which was introduced to the public for the first time on 14 August 2003 under the baton of Claudio Abbado, celebrates its 20th birthday.

From the very beginning, Swiss and international media outlets have shown a great interest in the orchestra's activities. We have selected one press review of Lucerne Festival Orchestra concerts from each of the last twenty years.

(Background music: The Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly plays Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4)

Applause for Claudio Abbado after a concert of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Moscow, 2012

All information on the big anniversary summer

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