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Tue 12.08.
Silk RoadWorlds Beyond Orchestra: Silk Road | Winners of the Swiss Youth Music Competition
Date and Venue
Tue 12.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall -
Wed 13.08.
Composer Seminar, Day 1
Participants in the Composer Seminar | Dieter Ammann | Unsuk Chin
Date and Venue
Wed 13.08. | 10.00 / 12.00 | Hochschule Luzern - Musik, Raum NN -
Mozart y Mambo
Havana Lyceum Orchestra | José Antonio Méndez Padrón | Sarah Willis
Date and Venue
Wed 13.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Egües | Mozart | Olivero | Oliva | Repilado | Vera | Fernández -
Thu 14.08.
Composer Seminar Day 2
Participants in the Composer Seminar | Dieter Ammann | Unsuk Chin
Date and Venue
Thu 14.08. | 10.00 | Hochschule Luzern - Musik, Raum NN -
Fri 15.08.
Composer Seminar, Day 3
Participants in the Composer Seminar | Dieter Ammann | Unsuk Chin
Date and Venue
Fri 15.08. | 10.00 / 12.00 | Hochschule Luzern - Musik, Raum NN -
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 1 – Opening Concert
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Elīna Garanča
Date and Venue
Fri 15.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Boulez | MahlerKühne-Stiftung - Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Orchestra -
Lakeside Symphony
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Elīna Garanča
Date and Venue
Fri 15.08. | 18.30 |Program
Boulez | MahlerSummer Festival 2025Free admissionUBS - Main Sponsor and Presenting Partner Lakeside Symphony -
Sat 16.08.
Composer Seminar, Day 4
Participants in the Composer Seminar | Dieter Ammann | Unsuk Chin
Date and Venue
Sat 16.08. | 10.00 / 12.00 | Hochschule Luzern - Musik, Raum NN -
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 2
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Andrés Orozco-Estrada | Isabelle Faust
Date and Venue
Sat 16.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Dvořák | Mussorgsky | Ravel -
Sun 17.08.
Afternoon Concert
Festival Strings Lucerne | Daniel Dodds | Dominik Wollenweber
Date and Venue
Sun 17.08. | 14.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mozart | Sibelius | HaydnSummer Festival 2025 -
Portrait Boulez & Stroppa 1
Arditti Quartet | Marco Stroppa
Date and Venue
Sun 17.08. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Stroppa | Boulez -
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Lang Lang
Date and Venue
Sun 17.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mendelssohn | BeethovenSummer Festival 2025sold outstarting at CHF 30Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor -
Mon 18.08.
40min 1Date and Venue
Mon 18.08. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Ukrainian Freedom OrchestraDate and Venue
Mon 18.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Kolomiiets | Strauss | Beethoven -
Tue 19.08.
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 3
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Beatrice Rana
Date and Venue
Tue 19.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
RachmaninoffKühne-Stiftung - Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Orchestra -
Wed 20.08.
Recital Lang LangDate and Venue
Wed 20.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Fauré | Schumann | ChopinSummer Festival 2025sold outstarting at CHF 30Emil Frey AG - Concert Sponsor and Car Partner -
Thu 21.08.
Debut Prix UBS Jeunes SolistesDate and Venue
Thu 21.08. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
LisztUBS - Main Sponsor -
40min 2
“Into Infinity: Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde”
Date and Venue
Thu 21.08. | 17.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco | Gianluca Capuano
Date and Venue
Thu 21.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Rossini -
Fri 22.08.
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | Michael Sanderling | Daniel Lozakovich
Date and Venue
Fri 22.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Sibelius | TchaikovskyArtemis Group / Franke Group - Concert Sponsor -
Portrait Winnie Huang
Winnie Huang | Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Date and Venue
Fri 22.08. | 22.00 | Moderne Bar & KarussellProgram
van Eck | Barrett | Marino/Basica -
Sat 23.08.
Lucerne Festival Academy 1
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Jonathan Nott | IRCAM Production Team
Date and Venue
Sat 23.08. | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Boulez | Fujikura -
Classical music for allDate and Venue
Sat 23.08. | 14.00 | Europaplatz, KKL LucerneSummer Festival 2025Free admissionZurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle
Date and Venue
Sat 23.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Shostakovich | MahlerJörg G. Bucherer-Foundation - Concert Sponsor -
Lucerne Festival Academy 2Date and Venue
Sat 23.08. | 21.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Stroppa | Boulez | Kwong | Lin | Louilarpprasert | Regent -
Sun 24.08.
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Tabea Zimmermann
Date and Venue
Sun 24.08. | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
von Bingen | Gubaidulina | Kurtág | Berio -
Composer Seminar: Closing ConcertDate and Venue
Sun 24.08. | 15.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall -
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko | Anne-Sophie Mutter
Date and Venue
Sun 24.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Korngold | Williams | Rimski-Korsakov -
Mon 25.08.
40min 3
“Completely Romantic! Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony”
Date and Venue
Mon 25.08. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | Julia Hagen
Date and Venue
Mon 25.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Elgar | Debussy | Ravel -
Tue 26.08.
Debut Jakob ManzDate and Venue
Tue 26.08. | 12.15 | Lukaskirche, Kirchensaal -
In the Streets – Opening Concert
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Tue 26.08. | 17.30 | KKL Luzern, EuropaplatzSummer Festival 2025Free admission -
In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Tue 26.08. | 19.00 | Lucerne’s Old CitySummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Seong-Jin Cho
Date and Venue
Tue 26.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Beethoven | Bruckner -
Wed 27.08.
In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Wed 27.08. | 18.00 | Lucerne’s Old CitySummer Festival 2025Free admission -
“räsonanz” – Donor ConcertDate and Venue
Wed 27.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Boulez | Chin | de RaaffErnst von Siemens Music Foundation - Partner "räsonanz" – Donor Concert -
Thu 28.08.
Debut Gabriel PidouxDate and Venue
Thu 28.08. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
Poulenc | Tchaikovsky | Dranishnikova | Holliger | Brahms | Schumann -
40min 4
“The Viola as Superstar: A New Concerto by Dieter Ammann”
Date and Venue
Thu 28.08. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Orchestra di Santa Cecilia – Roma
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma | Daniel Harding | Martha Argerich
Date and Venue
Thu 28.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Beethoven | BrahmsZurich Insurance - Main Sponsor -
Fri 29.08.
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In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Fri 29.08. | 18.00 | Lucerne’s Old CitySummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie 1
Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Augustin Hadelich
Date and Venue
Fri 29.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Brahms | ProkofievKPMG AG - Concert Sponsor -
Sat 30.08.
In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 10.00 | Lucerne’s Old CitySummer Festival 2025Free admission -
One to OneDate and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 10.00 / 14.00 |Program
SdrauligSummer Festival 2025 -
Lucerne Festival Academy 3Date and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 14.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Palomar | Raab | AmmannRoche - Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Academy -
In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 18.00 | Lucerne’s Old CitySummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie 2
Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Stefan Dohr
Date and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Strauss | Salonen | SibeliusFamily Schwöbel - Patrons -
Lucerne Festival Academy 4Date and Venue
Sat 30.08. | 21.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Stroppa | Boulez -
Sun 31.08.
One to OneDate and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 10.00 / 14.00 |Program
SdrauligSummer Festival 2025 -
Family Concert: Music & Dance 1Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 10.00 | Neubad, Saal -
Recital András SchiffDate and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Bach | Mozart | Haydn | Beethoven | Mendelssohn | Schumann -
In the Streets
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 12.00 | KKL Luzern, EuropaplatzSummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Family Concert: Music & Dance 2Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 15.00 | Neubad -
In the Streets – Closing Concert
Music groups from all around the world
Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, EuropaplatzSummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Pierre Boulez Workshop
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | David Robertson
Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Boulez -
Church Service to Celebrate the ConsecrationDate and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 17.00 | JesuitenkircheProgram
HaydnSummer Festival 2025Free admission -
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Klaus Mäkelä | Janine Jansen
Date and Venue
Sun 31.08. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mozart | Prokofiev | Bartók -
Mon 01.09.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Klaus Mäkelä
Date and Venue
Mon 01.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Schubert | Mahler -
Tue 02.09.
Debut David NebelDate and Venue
Tue 02.09. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
Mozart | Ravel | Shostakovich | Franck -
40min 5Date and Venue
Tue 02.09. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Berliner Philharmoniker 1
Berliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko | Albrecht Mayer
Date and Venue
Tue 02.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Schumann | Zimmermann | BrahmsZuger Kantonalbank - Concert Sponsor -
Wed 03.09.
Berliner Philharmoniker 2
Berliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko
Date and Venue
Wed 03.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mahler -
Thu 04.09.
Debut Giorgi GigashviliDate and Venue
Thu 04.09. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
Prokofiev | Chopin -
40min 6
“Only Wind Instruments (Almost): A New Work by Chaya Czernowin”
Date and Venue
Thu 04.09. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Maxim Emelyanychev | Tabea Zimmermann
Date and Venue
Thu 04.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mozart | Bartók | Tchaikovsky -
Fri 05.09.
Vienna Philharmonic 1
Vienna Philharmonic | Franz Welser-Möst
Date and Venue
Fri 05.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Berg | BrucknerUBS - Main Sponsor -
Sat 06.09.
Lucerne Festival Academy 5
Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Vimbayi Kaziboni | Claire Chase | Stefan Jovanovic
Date and Venue
Sat 06.09. | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Gubaidulina | Ustvolskaya | Czernowin -
Portrait Boulez & Stroppa 2
Ensemble Helix/Studio for Contemporary Music at the Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Date and Venue
Sat 06.09. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallProgram
Boulez | Verunelli | Stroppa -
Vienna Philharmonic 2
Vienna Philharmonic | Franz Welser-Möst
Date and Venue
Sat 06.09. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Mozart | TchaikovskyUBS - Main Sponsor -
Opera Ensemble of the Luzerner Theater | Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Date and Venue
Sat 06.09. | 19.00 | Luzerner TheaterProgram
BrittenSummer Festival 2025 -
Sun 07.09.
Family Concert 1: OperaDate and Venue
Sun 07.09. | 10.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall -
Recital Mitsuko UchidaDate and Venue
Sun 07.09. | 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Beethoven -
Family Concert 2: OperaDate and Venue
Sun 07.09. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall -
Lucerne Festival Academy 6Date and Venue
Sun 07.09. | 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Neuwirth | Ravel | BoulezFamily Schwöbel - Patrons -
Mon 08.09.
40min 7
“Open End: From Mozart to Mahler”
Date and Venue
Mon 08.09. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Les Arts Florissants
Les Arts Florissants | William Christie
Date and Venue
Mon 08.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Charpentier -
Tue 09.09.
Debut Tamta MagradzeDate and Venue
Tue 09.09. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
Liszt | Franck | Ravel | Schubert -
Recital Igor LevitDate and Venue
Tue 09.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Schubert | Schumann | ChopinZurich Insurance - Main Sponsor -
Wed 10.09.
40min 8
“The King of Instruments: 25 Years of the Goll Organ”
Date and Venue
Wed 10.09. | 18.20 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallSummer Festival 2025Zurich Insurance - Main Sponsor and Partner 40min -
Organ Jubilee
Festival Strings Lucerne | Wayne Marshall | Daniel Dodds
Date and Venue
Wed 10.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Poulenc | Hakim | Mozart -
Thu 11.09.
Debut Erinys QuartetDate and Venue
Thu 11.09. | 12.15 | LukaskircheProgram
Webern | Saariaho | Debussy -
Munich Philharmonic
Munich Philharmonic | Lahav Shani | Lisa Batiashvili
Date and Venue
Thu 11.09. | 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Beethoven | Schubert | WagnerNestlé S.A. - Concert Sponsor -
Fri 12.09.
Siegfried
Dresden Festival Orchestra | Concerto Köln | Kent Nagano
Date and Venue
Fri 12.09. | 17.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Wagner -
Sat 13.09.
Sound and the City
"Sound and the City: Musical Encounters with the City"
Date and Venue
Sat 13.09. | 13.00 | in front of the Luzerner TheaterSummer Festival 2025 -
Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala | Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly
Date and Venue
Sat 13.09. | 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert HallProgram
Verdi | RossiniViking - Concert Sponsor -
Sun 14.09.
Sound and the City
"Sound and the City: Musical Encounters with the City"
Date and Venue
Sun 14.09. | 11.30 | in front of the Luzerner TheaterSummer Festival 2025 -
Les Adieux
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Sol Gabetta | Patricia Kopatchinskaja | Igor Levit
Date and Venue
Sun 14.09. | 15.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall