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© Lucerne Festival

Discover classical music — at Lucerne Festival

Are you curious about getting insights into the world of classical music? About exchanging ideas with other music lovers? Whether you’re already a classical music fan or a newcomer, Young & Classic allows anyone under the age of 30 to attend a concert for CHF 40 — which includes an aperitif.

Use promo code "YC2026" to book tickets for the events listed below.

Young & Classic Events 2026

  • Pulse 2026 | Sun 17.05. | Grand Finale: Es ist genug (?)

    Pulse 2026
    Pulse 2026

    15.15
    Aperitif at the Le Piaf concert bar in the KKL

    16.00
    introduction to the concert at the Auditorium with Susanne Stähr

    17.00
    Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Elim Chan conductor | Víkingur Ólafsson piano | Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
    Bach Piano Concerto in F minor | Anonymus A Vegale af’n ZweschpmbamBerg Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Angel | Bach Chorale Es ist genug | Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor

    Intermission at c. 17.55 
    Concert ends around 19.10
     

  • Summer 2026 | Tue 18.08. | Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Lukas Sternath

    Lukas Sternath © Thomas Rabsch
    Lukas Sternath © Thomas Rabsch

    17.45
    Aperitif at the Le Piaf concert bar in the KKL

    18.30
    introduction to the concert at the Auditorium with Susanne Stähr

    19.30
    Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Lukas Sternath piano
    Skrjabin Rêverie, Op. 24 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Four symphonic pieces from the opera Aleko, Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, No. 4 and Op. 39, Nos. 2, 6, 7, and 9

    Intermission at c. 20.20 
    Concert ends around 21.35
     

  • Summer 2026 | Tue 08.09. | Czech Philharmonic & Yunchan Lim

    Yunchan Lim © James Hole
    Yunchan Lim © James Hole

    17.45
    Aperitif at the Le Piaf concert bar in the KKL

    18.30
    introduction to the concert at the Auditorium with Susanne Stähr

    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

    Intermission at c. 20.20 
    Concert ends around 21.25
     

Press photo © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival

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