Jacques Zoon and Thomas Ruge after a conert in 2022 © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival
Jacques Zoon and Thomas Ruge after a conert in 2022 © Priska Ketterer / 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.

To mark the occasion, we asked the musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra what makes the orchestra so special for them personally.

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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