The 2025 Subscription Series

Musical experiences that linger long after the final note: our Summer Subscriptions give you early access to tickets for a curated selection of summer highlights featuring the world’s greatest classical stars — plus exclusive subscriber savings.

Festival Fever

Summer Festival 2025 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival

Free Choice: enjoy three concerts of your choice over three consecutive Festival days.

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Fan Zone

Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Manuela Jans

For fans of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: enjoy four concerts of your choice from the organ loft — for a total of just CHF 200.

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World-Class Orchestras

Vienna Philharmonic © Julia Wesely

Three unforgettable performances featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Thu 27.08. | 19.30
Berliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko conductor | Augustin Hadelich violin
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 | Skrjabin Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 43 Le Divin Poème

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Thu 03.09. | 19.30
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Manfred Honeck conductor | Alexandre Kantorow piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 | Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

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Sat 05.09. | 18.30
Vienna Philharmonic | Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Mozart Symphony in G minor, K. 183 (173dB) | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major

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Rising Piano Stars

Alexandre Kantorow © Sasha Gusov

Three spectacular Festival debuts: Alexandre Kantorow, Yunchan Lim, and Hayato Sumino

Tue 01.09. | 19.30
Hayato Sumino piano
“Chopin Orbit”: works by Chopin, Sumino,Saint-Saëns, Adès, and Stravinsky

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Thu 03.09. | 19.30
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Manfred Honeck conductor | Alexandre Kantorow piano
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 | Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

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Tue 08.09. | 19.30
Czech Philharmonic | Semyon Bychkov conductor | Yunchan Lim piano
Smetana Vltava | Ravel Piano Concerto in G major | Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

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A Sky Full of Violins

Anne-Sophie Mutter © Andreas Ortner

Ravishing violin concertos from Mozart to Dvořák, featuring Isabelle Faust, Hilary Hahn, and Anne-Sophie Mutter

Tue 25.08. | 19.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Anne-Sophie Mutter violin and musical direction
Marking Anne-Sophie Mutter’s 50th anniversary on the Lucerne stage: works by Mozart, Previn, and Darvishi

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Wed 02.09. | 19.30
Freiburger Barockorchester | Sir Simon Rattle conductor | Isabelle Faust violin
Schumann Overture to Genoveva, Op. 81 | Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO1 | Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

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Sun 06.09. | 19.30
Vienna Philharmonic | Tugan Sokhiev conductor | Hilary Hahn violin
Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 | Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

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Love Never Ends

Cecilia Bartoli (in the middle) in “Orfeo ed Euridice” © Monika Rittershaus

Experience three operatic masterpieces: Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess

Sun 23.08. | 18.30
Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco | Chorus of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo | Gianluca Capuano conductor | Cecilia Bartoli Orfeo | Mélissa Petit Euridice and Amore
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

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Thu 10.09. | 17.00
Dresden Festival Orchestra | Dresden Festival Choir of the Richard Wagner Academy | Concerto Köln | Kent Nagano Dirigent | soloists
Wagner Götterdämmerung

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Sat 13.09. | 16.00
Chineke! Orchestra | Cape Town Opera Vocal Ensemble | Kwamé Ryan conductor | soloists
Gershwin Porgy and Bess

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Flex Subscription: Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly | Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival

Musical high points with Riccardo Chailly, Jakub Hrůša, Klaus Mäkelä, or Anne-Sophie Mutter — it’s your call.

Please indicate at least three concerts on the registration form. Please note that you can also upgrade this flex subscription to four or even five concerts — and benefit from a 5% subscription discount on all selected concerts.

Fri 14.08. | 18.30 | Opening Concert
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Frank Dupree piano | Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Reich New York Counterpoint | Gershwin Cuban Overture | Concerto in F | Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor

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Sat 15.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Klaus Mäkelä conductor | Augustin Hadelich violin
Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 | Stravinsky The Firebird

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Tue 18.08. | 19.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Lukas Sternath piano
Scriabin Rêverie, Op. 24 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 | Suite from Aleko | Five Études-Tableaux (orch. by Ottorino Respighi)

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Wed 19.08. | 19.30
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Brass Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra | TBA piano
works by Beach, Gershwin, Barber, and Bernstein

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Sat 22.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša conductor | Ray Chen violin
Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 | Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

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Tue 25.08. | 19.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Anne-Sophie Mutter violin and musical direction
Marking Anne-Sophie Mutter’s 50th anniversary on the Lucerne stage: works by Mozart, Previn, and Darvishi

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Flex Subscription: Weekend Packages

How about a short getaway to Lucerne? Five weekends of music, with the freedom to pick your own highlights.

Weekend Package 1

Klaus Mäkelä and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival

Fri 14.08. | 18.30 | Opening Concert
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Frank Dupree piano | soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Reich New York Counterpoint | Gershwin Cuban Overture | Concerto in F | Ives Symphony No. 1 in D minor

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Sat 15.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Klaus Mäkelä conductor | Augustin Hadelich violin
Barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14 | Stravinsky The Firebird

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So 16.08. | 18.30 Uhr
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Jörg Widmann conductor | Michael Engelhardt narrator
Rihm Tutuguri

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Weekend Package 2

Ray Chen © Decca Records

Fri 21.08. | 19.30
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Eva Duda Dance Company | Iván Fischer conductor | Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 Unfinished | Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 | Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz 73

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Sat 22.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Jakub Hrůša conductor | Ray Chen violin
Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 | Strauss An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64

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Sun 23.08. | 18.30
Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco | Chorus of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo | Gianluca Capuano conductor | Cecilia Bartoli Orfeo | Mélissa Petit Euridice and Amore
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice

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Weekend Package 3

Yannick Nézet-Séguin © Paola Kudacki

Fri 28.08. | 19.30
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor | Víkingur Ólafsson piano
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 | Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

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Sat 29.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Elim Chan conductor | Jörg Widmann clarinet | Marco Blaauw carnyx | SWR Experimentalstudio
Andre über for clarinet, orchestra, and live electronics | Lim Tongue of the Land | Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony

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Sun 30.08. | 18.30
The Met Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor | Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
Mazzoli Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) | Mahler Rückert-Lieder | Symphony No. 4 in G major

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Weekend Package 4

Hilary Hahn © Chris Lee

Fri 04.09. | 19.30
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Manfred Honeck conductor | Anne-Sophie Mutter violin
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine | Penderecki Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen | Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World

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Sat 05.09. | 18.30
Vienna Philharmonic | Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Mozart Symphony in G minor, K. 183 (173dB) | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major

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Sun 06.09. | 19.30
Vienna Philharmonic | Tugan Sokhiev conductor | Hilary Hahn violin
Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 | Prokofiev Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

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Weekend Package 5

Amanda Gorman © Danny Williams

Fri 11.09. | 19.30
Amanda Gorman poetry and spoken word | Jan Vogler cello
“An Evening of Poetry and Bach”

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Sat 12.09. | 17.00
Thomas Ospital organ
works by Buck, Rachmaninoff, Ives, Dupré, and Farrington

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Sat 13.09. | 16.00
Chineke! Orchestra | Cape Town Opera Vocal Ensemble | Kwamé Ryan conductor | soloists
Gershwin Porgy and Bess

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Your Benefits as a Subscriber:

Subscription discount: Subscribers receive a 5% discount on each ticket price. The subscription prices that are listed already include the discount.
Access to ticket purchases before the official start of sales: Secure access to a curated selection of Summer Festival highlights before the tickets officially go on sale to the general public.
Digital program booklets free of charge: All subscriptions include free digital program books for your concert visits.

Information on Ordering:

The Summer Subscriptions are only for individual customers and may be purchased exclusively for the price categories I–IV. They can be ordered online starting now until 15 March 2025 at the latest. Orders will be processed from the middle of March 2026 in the order in which they are received. Categories are subject to availability.