10 August – 12 September 2021
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Dear Music Lovers,
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hat crazy times we are living in right now! Just a year ago, could you have imagined that our social life would nearly come to a standstill, as it did this spring following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic? That so many things we had taken for granted would suddenly become impossible and that only by taking careful precautions would we gradually be able to do them again? And yet this crisis also entails some opportunities. When we were able to present a small festival during the summer, which we called “Life Is Live,” and to celebrate live music together again, think of how happy that made us! The corona lockdown has taught us to appreciate such values as community, solidarity, and culture in a new way. Our normal expectations have been upended and gone haywire: in short, the world around us has gone crazy. We’ve taken these experiences as an opportunity to make this sense of being “crazy” our theme for the 2021 Summer Festival. The German word (“ver-rückt”) has a double meaning. First, our theme involves music that goes beyond what is “normal,” such as Anton Bruckner’s symphonies, which repeat certain rhythms and patterns almost maniacally, as well as works by Schubert, Liszt, Mahler, Strauss, and Stravinsky that contemporaries considered self-indulgent simply because of their “heavenly length” or extravagant instrumentation. We will present three operas involving “crazy” plots and heroes. A separate cycle will be devoted to Robert Schumann, who was declared insane and died in a mental hospital. Second, we will focus on composers from Bach to Boulez who, through new aesthetic premises and musical paradigms, upended (another sense of “ver-rückt”) our sense of what music can do. Full details about what we have planned may be found on the following pages. We’d like to whet your appetite to attend live concerts in the first year “after” with this preliminary preview. Starting now, you can order subscriptions and make sure you have tickets for the craziest performances. Yours,
Michael Haefliger Executive and Artistic Director Lucerne Festival
Contents
1 Editorial 3 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 Lucerne Festival Academy 5 Yuja Wang
6 Rebecca Saunders
7 Music for Future
“Artiste étoile” Composer-in-Residence The Generation of Tomorrow In the Cathedral of Sound 10 Concerts in the KKL Luzernʼs “Salle blanche” 21 Lucerne Festival for the Adventurous Concerts Throughout the City 24 Our Partners and Supporters 26 Friends of Lucerne Festival
30 The 2021 Subscription Series 37 Ticketing Information 38 Seating Maps 43 Supporting Organizations 44 Addresses | Publishing Credits
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra
13 August | 18.30 Opening Lucerne Festival Orchestra 1 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Gun-Brit Barkmin soprano Mahler (attr.) Symphonic Prelude | Berg Three Fragments from Wozzeck | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major
14 August | 18.30 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 2 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano
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Mahler Rückert Lieder | Symphony No. 1 in D major
14 August | 22.00 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 3 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
n 2003, the legendary Italian conductor Claudio Abbado and the Festival’s Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger turned a crazy idea into reality by founding an orchestra that comprises the finest in the profession to perform for just one or two weeks a year. It marked the birth of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which has since become the hallmark of every Lucerne Summer Festival. This de luxe ensemble, which has been led by Maestro Riccardo Chailly since 2016, consists of some 100 members. In their “normal,” everyday musical life, these musicians keep busy playing as soloists and in chamber ensembles, take principal positions in other top orchestras, or teach at renowned universities. For the annual concerts by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, they are happy to forego their summer vacations and play for the sheer pleasure of it, free from the pressures of their normal jobs yet as intensely as if their lives were at stake. No challenge is too big for them to surmount – not even in 2021, when they and Chailly will present works by Mahler, Berg, and Rachmaninoff. And with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium, they will ascend the highest peak of all Bruckner symphonies: the magical and mystical Eighth.
Soloists from the Lucerne Festival Orchestra Program details will be announced at a later date.
19 August | 19.30 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
21 August | 18.30 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor | Yuja Wang piano Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
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Lucerne Festival Academy
21 August | 11.00 Cosmos Boulez 1 Kirchensaal MaiHof
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Lin Liao conductor Boulez Polyphonie X for 18 instruments | Colţea and Amarouch new works for ensemble (world premieres)
22 August | 11.00 Cosmos Boulez 3 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Lin Liao and David Robertson conductors | Marco Stroppa sound design | IRCAM
Boulez Poésie pour pouvoir for tape and three orchestras | Stroppa Come Play With Me for solo electronics and orchestra (world premiere of the new version)
28 August | 14.30 Composer Seminar Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Wolfgang Rihm host Composer Seminar Showcase
28 August | 22.00 Lucerne Festival Academy 1 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Johanna Malangré conductor | Juliet Fraser soprano Varèse Déserts for ensemble | Saunders Nether for soprano and ensemble
29 August | 16.00 Lucerne Festival Academy 2 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Academy Choir of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik | Lin Liao, Johanna Malangré, and Heinz Holliger conductors Milenko Traho for orchestra (world premiere) | Vaughan Logos for orchestra (world premiere) | Holliger Tonscherben: Orchestral Fragments in memoriam David Rokeah | Gesänge der Frühe for chorus, orchestra, and tape
4 September | 18.30 Lucerne Festival Academy 3 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Ilan Volkov conductor | Nicolas Hodges piano | Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rothbrust percussion
Saunders void for percussion duo and orchestra | Webern Variations, Op. 30 | Stravinsky Movements | Webern Symphony, Op. 21 | Stravinsky Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam) | Saunders to an utterance for piano and orchestra (world premiere)
Lucerne Festival Academy
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hat does it really mean to be “new”? The Lucerne Festival Academy, our unique master school for music of the 20th and 21st centuries, will pose this question in the summer of 2021. There will be many world premieres, including of the Piano Concerto to an utterance by composer-in-residence Rebecca Saunders. But even works by such composers as Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, and Igor Stravinsky that have long been considered “modern classics” still seem so new and unfamiliar to many listeners that they are rarely encountered in concert life even today. The Cosmos Boulez series will similarly foster new discoveries. This series is devoted to significant works by Pierre Boulez, the Academy’s founder, which were withdrawn during his lifetime and thus have not been heard for decades. Heinz Holliger presents a unique perspective on the Festival’s theme with his Gesänge der Frühe, a work that links the destinies of two “crazy” artists, Robert Schumann and Friedrich Hölderlin. A Composer Seminar with Wolfgang Rihm, the Academy’s Artistic Director, is also among the offerings. The projects to be undertaken by the Lucerne Festival Alumni, the network of former Academy students, will be announced at a later time.
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“Artiste étoile”
21 August | 18.30 Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor | Yuja Wang piano
Yuja Wang
Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
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26 August | 19.30 Mahler Chamber Orchestra KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
hen virtuosos like Niccolò Paganini, Franz Liszt, or Sergei Rachmaninoff used to dazzle audiences with their diabolical artistry, their awe-struck listeners imagined a pact with the devil had to be involved. We still encounter legendary musicians who display a virtuosity that seems wizard-like even nowadays – and they are by no means limited to male performers. The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, who was born in 1987, represents the level of keyboard magic where there seem to be no technical limits. Far more than her extravagant outfits, it is her hyper-virtuosity that casts a spell on piano lovers. “The music comes first,” she asserts, “and not the physical pleasure of being able to play fast.” As “artiste étoile” of the crazy 2021 Summer Festival, she will therefore perform not only such notoriously challenging works as Liszt’s First Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Fourth but also Mozart’s deeply probing D minor Concerto, K. 466; Bach’s F minor Concerto, with its blissful Largo; and Shostakovich’s cheerfully humorous Second Piano Concerto. Such variety shows how the true master commands all facets of the art of piano playing, immersing herself deeply in the work at hand and exploring the very soul of the music.
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Yuja Wang piano and musical direction Rebel Chaos from Les élémens | Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen | J. S. Bach Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 | Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments | Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
28 August | 18.30 Mariinsky Orchestra KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Yuja Wang piano Prokofiev Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 | Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps
11 September | 18.30 Budapest Festival Orchestra KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer conductor | Yuja Wang piano Liszt The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz), S 110, no. 2 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S 124 | A Faust Symphony, S 108
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Composer-in-Residence «artiste étoile»
14 August | 16.00 Quatuor Diotima Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Quatuor Diotima Saunders Unbreathed
28 August | 11.00 Trio Accanto Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Trio Accanto
Saunders That Time. Trio for baritone saxophone, percussion, and piano (Swiss premiere)
28 August | 22.00 Lucerne Festival Academy 1 KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Johanna Malangré conductor | Juliet Fraser soprano
Saunders Nether for soprano and ensemble (Swiss premiere)
4 September | 11.00 Portrait Rebecca Saunders Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Students of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik | Clemens Heil conductor | Daniela Argentino and Juliet Fraser soprano | Charlotte Lorenz cello | Alexis Baskind/IRCAM computer music design
Saunders Solitude for solo cello | The Mouth for soprano and tape (Swiss premiere) | Trio in F-sharp for mobile accordion, percussion, and piano (Swiss premiere) | Skin for soprano and 13 instruments (Swiss premiere)
4 September | 18.30 Lucerne Festival Academy 3 KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Ilan Volkov conductor | Nicolas Hodges piano | Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rothbrust percussion
Saunders void for percussion duo and orchestra (Swiss premiere) | to an utterance for piano and orchestra (world premiere)
Rebecca Saunders Composer-in-Residence
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ebecca Saunders’s music teaches you about perception itself. She elicits sounds from silence, listens to them intensely, observes them from different angles, like a sculptor, constantly deriving new colors and nuances of expression – and also guiding them to extremes of emotion and violent eruptions. For Saunders’s music wants to get under your skin. The Berlin-based British artist prefers to focus on individual instruments and to collaborate intensively with her performers in order to experiment with unusual playing techniques. Her new piano concerto to an utterance was written for the pianist Nicolas Hodges and is now receiving its world premiere as part of the Roche Commissions series. For the soprano Juliet Fraser, Saunders has chosen the famous final monologue by Molly Bloom from James Joyce’s great novel of the 20th century, Ulysses: in Nether, she translates the text’s wildly whirling flashes of inspiration, memory fragments, and sensory impressions into a highly emotional vocal performance. Saunders was to have been introduced as “composer-in-residence” to Festival audiences last summer with new and very recent works. The coronavirus pandemic forced us to postpone the invitation for a year.
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Music for Future Music for Future Sommer-Schwerpunkt «Macht»
Music for Future:
Music for Future
The Generation of Tomorrow
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hrough the “Music for Future” program, Lucerne Festival is setting the course for what is to come. This heading refers to all of our activities that either serve to promote young talent or that are aimed at young audiences. And we are expanding our commitment to the next generation even further. That’s why, going forward, every Summer Festival will begin with performances by international youth orchestras. In 2021, for example, two Swiss ensembles will encounter an African brass formation and the Russian National Youth Orchestra. Through their eager dedication, about 400 young musicians between the ages of 12 and 22 will show that classical music is hardly a thing of the past but remains fresh and alive. Top-class young professionals will be introduced in our debut concerts; some of them will also subsequently perform in schools. Through the Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes, Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, and Fritz Gerber Award, we confer top-class prizes on young artists. And naturally we continue to present the popular family and children’s concerts, which offer a playful approach to music. Best of all: tickets for the “Music for Future” projects are carefully kept at a reasonable price, and some of them are even free.
Performances by International Youth Orchestras Debut Concerts Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes Credit Suisse Young Artist Award Fritz Gerber Award Family Concerts Children’s Concerts Debut at the School School Concerts
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WORLD CLASS, DAY AFTER DAY
THE TOP ORCHESTRAS AT LUCERNE FESTIVAL Bamberg Symphony | Berlin Baroque Soloists | Berlin Philharmonic | Budapest Festival Orchestra | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Les Arts Florissants | Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco | London Symphony Orchestra | LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Mariinsky Orchestra | Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg | Orchestra of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Royal Concertgebouworkest | Staatskapelle Berlin | Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Vienna Philharmonic
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Summer Festival 2021
In the Cathedral of Sound Concerts in the KKL Luzernʼs “Salle blanche” Tue 10 August
Fri 13 August
Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra | Valentin Uryupin conductor | Sergei Dogadin violin
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Gun-Brit Barkmin soprano
Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Glinka Overture to the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila | Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 | Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 Ticket prices CHF 50/10 (adults/children) Event no. 213301
Wed 11 August
Opening Lucerne Festival Orchestra 1 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mahler (attr.) Symphonic Prelude | Berg Three Fragments from Wozzeck | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major Ticket prices CHF 350/300/240/170/100/50 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211301 Kühne Foundation – Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Sat 14 August
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 | Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Music Camp | Jessica Cottis conductor | Royston Maldoom and Tamara McLorg choreography
Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra | Kai Bumann conductor | Oliver Schnyder piano
Ticket prices CHF 50/10 (adults/children) Event no. 213302
Music Camp 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Program details will be announced at a later date. In cooperation with Superar Suisse Ticket prices CHF 30/10 (adults/children) Event no. 213304 Hilti Foundation – Partner Music Camp
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Elīna Garanča | 14.8.
Sat 14 August
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 2 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Elīna Garanča mezzo-soprano Mahler Rückert Lieder | Symphony No. 1 in D major Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211302 Kühne Foundation – Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Mon 16 August
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Lahav Shani conductor | Daniel Barenboim piano Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 Symphonie classique | Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113 | Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Ticket prices CHF 200/170/130/90/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211306
Daniel Barenboim | 16. & 17.8.
Sat 14 August
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 3 22.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Program details will be announced at a later date. Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 211303
Sun 15 August
Recital Lang Lang 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lang Lang piano
J.S. Bach Aria with 30 Variations, BWV 988 Goldberg Variations Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211305
Tue 17 August
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim conductor | Michael Barenboim violin | Kian Soltani cello Beethoven Ouverture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 | Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 | Franck Symphony in D minor Ticket prices CHF 200/170/130/90/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211307
Lang Lang | 15.8.
Wed 18 August
Fri 20 August
Igor Levit piano
Berliner Barock Solisten | Reinhard Goebel musical direction | Mathieu Dufour flute | Christoph Hartmann oboe | Reinhold Friedrich trumpet | Roberto González-Monjas violin and viola | Raphael Alpermann harpsichord
Recital Igor Levit 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 90 | Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101 | Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106 Hammerklavier Sonata Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 41 Event no. 211308
Berliner Barock Solisten 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
“300th Anniversary of the Brandenburg Concertos” J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6, BWV 1046–1051
Riccardo Chailly | 13., 14. & 19.8.
Ticket prices CHF 200/170/130/90/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211310
Sat 21 August
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor | Yuja Wang piano Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211311 Clariant Foundation – Theme Sponsor
Yannick Nézet-Séguin | 21.8.
Thu 19 August
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly conductor | Denis Matsuev piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211309
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Sun 22 August
Mon 23 August
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano | Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco | Gianluca Capuano conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Riccardo Muti conductor | Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Concert Cecilia Bartoli 14.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
“An Afternoon at the Opera” Program details will be announced at a later date. Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211312
Cecilia Bartoli | 22.8.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Britten Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes, Op. 33a | Elgar Sea Pictures, Op. 37 | Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 Pathétique Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211314
Tue 24 August
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Riccardo Muti conductor Lyadov The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 | Stravinsky Concert Suite No. 2 from the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird | Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating Map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211315 Zurich Insurance Company Ltd – Main Sponsor
Sun 22 August
Schumann Cycle 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | Michael Sanderling conductor | Steven Isserlis cello Weber Overture to the Romantic opera Der Freischütz, Op. 77 | Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 | Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (version from 1851, with retouching by Michael Sanderling) Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 41 Event no. 211313 Artemis Group/Franke Group – Concert Sponsor
Riccardo Muti | 23. & 24.8.
Paavo Järvi | 25.8.
Wed 25 August
Schumann Cycle 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | Paavo Järvi conductor | Christian Tetzlaff violin Schumann Overture to the opera Genoveva, Op. 81 | Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO1 | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 Rhenish Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211316
Fri 27 August
Staatskapelle Berlin 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim conductor Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485 | Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109 Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211318 KPMG AG – Concert Sponsor
Sat 28 August
Mariinsky Orchestra 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Yuja Wang piano
Prokofiev Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 | Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps
Yuja Wang | 21., 26., 28.8. & 11.9.
Thu 26 August
Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211319
Mahler Chamber Orchestra 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Yuja Wang piano and musical direction Rebel Chaos from Les élémens | Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen | J. S. Bach Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 | Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments | Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 Ticket prices CHF 170/150/110/90/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211317
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Valery Gergiev | 28. & 29.8.
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic | 31.8.
Sun 29 August
Recital Igor Levit 2 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Igor Levit piano
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109 | Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 | Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 41 Event no. 211320
Tue 31 August
The 12 Cellists 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Igor Levit | 18. & 29.8.
Sun 29 August
Opera The Queen of Spades 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev conductor | Mariinsky Theater Ensemble
Blacher Blues, Espagnola, and Rumba philharmonica | Debussy La cathédrale engloutie | Clair de lune | Dean Twelve Angry Men | Tizol/Ellington Caravan | Simons It,s Raining Skyscrapers, Op. 71, no. 1 | Dębski Cello Animation | Kaiser-Lindemann The 12 in Bossa nova. Variações brasileiras, Op. 36 | Piazzolla Buenos Aires Hora Cero | Revirado | Soledad | Tres minutos con la realidad Ticket prices CHF 120/90/60 Seating map 5, p. 42 Event no. 211323
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 Opera in three acts. Concert performance Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211321
Mon 30 August
Royal Concertgebouworkest 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Royal Concertgebouworkest | Daniel Harding conductor | Yefim Bronfman piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211322
Yefim Bronfman | 30.8.
Fri 3 September
Opera Partenope 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Les Arts Florissants | William Christie conductor | Sophie Daneman semi-stage design | Soloists from “Jardin des Voix” Class of 2021 Handel Partenope, HWV 27 Opera in three acts Semi-staged performance Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211327 Nestlé AG – Concert Sponsor
William Christie | 3.9.
Kirill Petrenko | 1. & 2.9.
Wed 1 September
Berlin Philharmonic 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko conductor
Weber Overture to the Romantic opera Oberon | Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber | Schubert Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 Great C major Symphony Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211325 Dr. Christoph M. Müller and Sibylla M. Müller – Concert Sponsor
Thu 2 September
Berlin Philharmonic 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko conductor | Anna Vinnitskaya piano
Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 | Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 D-flat major, Op. 10 | Korngold Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211326
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Sat 4 September
Lucerne Festival Academy 3 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Ilan Volkov conductor | Nicolas Hodges piano | Christian Dierstein and Dirk Rothbrust percussion Saunders void for percussion duo and orchestra (Swiss premiere) | Webern Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 | Stravinsky Movements for piano and orchestra | Webern Symphony, Op. 21 | Stravinsky Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam) | Saunders to an utterance for piano and orchestra (world premiere, Roche Commissions) Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 41 Event no. 212314 Roche – Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Academy
Mon 6 September
räsonanz – Donor Concert 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Bamberg Symphony | Zürcher Sing-Akademie | Jakub Hrůša conductor | soloists Juan Diego Flórez | 5.9.
Sun 5 September
Concert Juan Diego Flórez 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Juan Diego Flórez tenor | Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Symphony | Opera arias and orchestral works by Rossini, Verdi, Gounod, and Puccini along with Latin-American songs
Szeghy Requiem for soprano, mezzosoprano, mixed chorus and orchestra after poems by Emily Dickinson, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Rosalía de Castro and texts from the Missa pro defunctis (world premiere) | Srnka move 1-4 for orchestra (Swiss premiere) | Reimann Seven Fragments for Orchestra: in memoriam Robert Schumann | Bartók The Miraculous Mandarin, Sz 73 (concert version) | Kurtág Stele for large orchestra, Op. 33 Ticket prices CHF 120/100/80/70/50/30 Seating map 4, p. 41 Event no. 211331 Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation – Partner räsonanz – Donor Concert
Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 6, p. 42 Event no. 211328 Clariant Foundation – Theme Sponsor
Anne-Sophie Mutter | 7.9.
Sun 5 September
Schumann Cycle 3 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conductor Weinberg Adagio from the Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 | Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 Spring Symphony | Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Ticket prices CHF 170/150/110/90/60/30 Seating map 3, p. 41 Event no. 211330
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla | 5.9.
Tue 7 September
Recital Anne-Sophie Mutter 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Anne-Sophie Mutter violin | Lambert Orkis piano
Beethoven Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 23 | Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 Spring Sonata | Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47 Kreutzer Sonata Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211332
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Wed 8 September
London Symphony Orchestra 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle conductor | Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano Adámek Where Are You? for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (Swiss premiere) | Mahler Symphony No. 10 (performing edition by Deryck Cooke) Ticket prices CHF 290/240/190/130/70/40 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211334
Thu 9 September
Vienna Philharmonic 1 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert Blomstedt conductor Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 Unfinished | Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 Romantic Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 38 Event no. 211335 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor
Magdalena Kožená & Sir Simon Rattle | 8.9.
Sat 11 September
Budapest Festival Orchestra 18.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer conductor | Yuja Wang piano Liszt The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz), S 110, no. 2 | Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major, S 124 | A Faust Symphony, S 108 Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211337
Sun 12 September Herbert Blomstedt | 9. & 10.9.
Fri 10 September
Vienna Philharmonic 2 19.30 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert Blomstedt conductor Honegger Symphony No. 3 Liturgique | Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Ticket prices CHF 320/270/220/150/80/40 Seating map 1, p. 40 Event no. 211336 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor
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Opera Falstaff 17.00 | KKL Luzern, Concert Hall
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer conductor | Nicola Alaimo Falstaff | Tassis Christoyannis Ford | Francesco Demuro Fenton | Raúl Jiménez Dr. Cajus | Giovanni Battista Parodi Pistola | Eva Mei Mrs. Alice Ford | Sylvia Schwarz Nannetta | Laura Polverelli Mrs. Meg Page | Yvonne Naef Mrs. Quickly Verdi Falstaff. Commedia lirica in three acts Staged performance Ticket prices CHF 240/200/150/100/60/30 Seating map 2, p. 40 Event no. 211338
Iván Fischer conducts Falstaff, Vincenza 2019 photo © Kata Schiller
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Wed 25 August
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | Paavo Järvi | Christian Tetzlaff Schumann Overture to the opera Genoveva, Op. 81 | Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO1 | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 Rhenish
Sun 22 August
Tue 7 September
Weber Overture to Der Freischütz, Op. 77 | Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 | Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Weinberg Adagio from the Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 | Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 Spring Symphony | Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
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Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | Michael Sanderling | Steven Isserlis
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Summer Festival 2021
Lucerne Festival for the Adventurous Concerts Throughout the City
Thu 12 August
Thu 12 August Brass for Africa
Sat 14 August
Winners of the Swiss Youth Music Competitions
Brass for Africa
Quatuor Diotima
The final round of the competition will take place in May 2021, after which the prize winners as well as program will be announced.
Free admission
Award Winners Concert 12.15 Uhr | Lukaskirche
Ticket prices CHF 20/10 (adults/children) Event no. 213317
Quatuor Diotima 16.00 | Hochschule Luzern – Musik
17.30 | Europaplatz
African melodies and brass classics
Nante String Quartet No. 1 Prima materia (world premiere) | Saunders Unbreathed | Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133 Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212301
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Sun 15 August
Thu 19 August
Sun 22 August
Basel Sinfonietta | Baldur Brönnimann conductor | Andreas Grau and Götz Schumacher piano | Fritz Hauser percussion
Dmitry Smirnov violin | Paul Schmidt electronics
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Lin Liao and David Robertson conductors | Marco Stroppa sound design | IRCAM
Basel Sinfonietta 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Skrzypczak new work for orchestra (world premiere) | Kurtág/Kurtág, Jr. Zwiegespräch. New version for solo percussion and orchestra by Olivier Cuendet (world premiere of the new version) | Pelzel Lock-in Machine for two MIDI-controlled grand pianos, keyboard, and orchestra (world premiere) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212302
Sun 15 August Crazy 1 16.00 | Südpol
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin and actor | Reto Bieri clarinet, actor, and concept | Anthony Romaniuk keyboard instruments and actor | Menʼs chorus “Out of the Box” Performances from boxes and artists – with some very beautiful melodies by Chick Corea, Franz Schubert, Alvin Lucier, Igor Stravinsky, and Iannis Xenakis and a film version of Kurt Schwitters’s Ursonate Ticket price CHF 20 Event no. 212303
Tue 17 August
Debut Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Debut Dmitry Smirnov 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Reich Violin Phase for violin and electronics | J.S. Bach Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004 | Bartók Sonata for solo violin, Sz 117 Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213306
Sat 21 August
Cosmos Boulez 1 11.00 | Kirchensaal MaiHof
Cosmos Boulez 3 11.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Boulez Poésie pour pouvoir for tape and three orchestras (performed twice) | Stroppa Come Play With Me for solo electronics and orchestra (world premiere of the new version) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212307
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Lin Liao conductor
Tue 24 August
Boulez Polyphonie X for 18 instruments (performed twice) | Colţea Orbitor for ensemble (world premiere) | Amarouch new work for ensemble (world premiere)
Daniel Ciobanu piano
Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212305
Sat 21 August
Cosmos Boulez 2 16.00 | Kirchensaal MaiHof
Arditti Quartet
Boulez Livre pour quatuor. Fourth movement reconstructed by Philippe Manoury and Jean-Louis Leleu (Swiss premiere of the reconstruction) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212306
Winner of the “Prix Credit Suisse Jeunes Solistes” The prizewinner will be selected in December 2020 and the program will subsequently be announced. Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213305 Credit Suisse – Main Sponsor
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Debut Daniel Ciobanu 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Moszkowski Étincelles, Op. 36, no. 6 | Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition | Enescu Carillon nocturne, Op. 18, no. 7 | Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83 | Grünfeld Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56. Concert paraphrase on Johann Strauss waltz motifs from Die Fledermaus and other works Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213307
Wed 25 August Crazy 2 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Michael Engelhardt speaker | Stefan Wirth piano “Bagatelles” Beethoven/Hölderlin: A Composed Encounter Beethoven Six Bagatelles for piano, Op. 126 | Hölderlin In lieblicher Bläue blühet and late poems Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 211339
Thu 26 August
Sun 29 August
Thu 2 September
Timothy Ridout viola | Frank Dupree piano
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Academy Choir of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik | Lin Liao conductor (Milenko) | Johanna Malangré conductor (Vaughan) | Heinz Holliger conductor
Salomo Schweizer oboe | Petya Mihneva piano
Debut Timothy Ridout 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Schumann Dichterliebe, Op. 48, arranged for viola and piano | Bowen Viola Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 18 Ticket Price CHF 30 Event no. 213309
Sat 28 August
Trio Accanto 11.00 | Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Trio Accanto
Aperghis Trio Funambule | Mochizuki Satellites (Swiss premiere) | Johnson Plan and section of the same reservoir (Swiss premiere) | Saunders That Time. Trio for baritone saxophone, percussion, and piano (Swiss premiere) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212309
Sat 28 August
Composer Seminar 14.30 | Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Wolfgang Rihm host Composer Seminar Showcase Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212310
Sat 28 August
Lucerne Festival Academy 1 22.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Johanna Malangré conductor | Juliet Fraser soprano Varèse Déserts for ensemble | Saunders Nether for soprano and ensemble (Swiss premiere) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212311
Lucerne Festival Academy 2 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Milenko Traho for orchestra (world premiere, Roche Young Commissions) | Vaughan Logos for orchestra (world premiere, Roche Young Commissions) | Holliger Tonscherben: Orchestral Fragments in memoriam David Rokeah | Gesänge der Frühe after Schumann and Hölderlin for chorus, orchestra, and tape Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212312 Roche – Main Sponsor and Partner Lucerne Festival Academy
Tue 31 August Debut Zee Zee 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Zee Zee piano
Schoenberg Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11 | Ravel Gaspard de la nuit | Liszt Vallée d’Obermann, S 160, no. 6, Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, S 163 Nr. 4 and Tarantella, S 162, no. 3 from Années de pèlerinage Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213310
Debut Salomo Schweizer 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Schumann Three Romances for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94 | Albéniz Aragón, Sevilla, and Cataluña from the Suite española, Op. 47 | Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice | Pasculli Concerto sopra motivi dell’opera “La Favorita” di Donizetti | Donizetti Andante sostenuto Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213312
Sat 4 September
Portrait Rebecca Saunders 11.00 | Hochschule Luzern – Musik
Students of the Hochschule Luzern – Musik | Clemens Heil conductor | Daniela Argentino and Juliet Fraser soprano | Charlotte Lorenz cello | Alexis Baskind/IRCAM computer music design Saunders Solitude for solo cello | The Mouth for soprano and tape (Swiss premiere) | Sole. Trio in F-sharp for mobile accordion, percussion, and piano (Swiss premiere) | Skin for soprano and 13 instruments (Swiss premiere) Ticket price CHF 50 Event no. 212313
Wed 1 September Crazy 3 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Kit Armstrong piano C. Schumann Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 | R. Schumann Seven Piano Pieces in Fughetta Form, Op. 126 | Ghost Variations | Liszt Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse, S 517 | Széchényi, Teleki, and Mosonyi from Historical Hungarian Portraits, S 205 | Csárdás macabre, S 224 Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 211324
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Sat 4 September
Sun 5 September
Wed 8 September
Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy | Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin, concept, and musical direction | Lani Tran-Duc and Louis Dupras stage coordination | Ricarda Schnoor lighting | Jonas Link video
Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin | Joonas Ahonen piano | Michael Engelhardt and Franz Hohler narrators | Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Academy
Luca Pianca theorbo
Bye-Bye Beethoven 16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
“Bye-Bye Beethoven” A staged concert Fragments from works by Ives, Haydn, Cage, J. S. Bach, Kurtág, SánchezChiong, and Oliveros | Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Ticket prices 100/50 Event no. 211340 Supported by Carla Schwöbel
Sun 5 September
Family Concert – Die Schurken (“The Villains”) 14.30/16.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Die Schurken
Kreutzer Sonatas 14.30 | TBA
“Kreutzer Sonatas” Janáček String Quartet No. 1 after Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, arranged for ensemble | Illés Én-kör III (I-Circle) | Kopatchinskaja Die Wut (“The Rage”) | Beethoven Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 47 Kreutzer Sonata Interspersed with the musical works are readings from Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstaya’s Whose Fault?, and Hohler’s The Kreutzer Sonata Preise CHF 60/30 Veranstaltung 211341 Supported by Berthold Herrmann and Mariann Grawe-Gerber
Tue 7 September
Debut Connaught Brass 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Connaught Brass
“Commissioner Flunke and the Villains” An action-packed musical whodunit for children (in German) (ages 5 and up)
Jan Bach Rounds and Dances | Biber Excerpts from Battalia in D major | Strauss “Dance of the Seven Veils” from the opera Salome, Op. 54 | Weill Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Ticket prices CHF 20/10 Event no. 213318/213319
Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213313
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Crazy 4 12.15 | Lukaskirche
“Follie e Stravaganze” works by Pietro Paolo Melli, Alessandro Piccinini, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Giovanni Pittoni, Charles Hurel, and Robert de Visée Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 211333
Thu 9 September Debut Marmen Quartet 12.15 | Lukaskirche
Marmen Quartet
Sciarrino String Quartet No. 7 | Gesualdo Madrigal O vos omnes | Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes | Mozart String Quartet in E-flat major, K. 428 Ticket price CHF 30 Event no. 213314
Sat 11 September
Family Concert – Opera 11.00/14.00 | KKL Luzern, Lucerne Hall
Taschenoper Lübeck
“Hans und Greta” based on Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera Hänsel und Gretel (ages 6 and up, in German) Ticket prices CHF 20/10 (adults/children) Event no. 213315/213316
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The focus of the cooperation with the Kühne Foundation is on supporting the internationally recognized Lucerne Festival Orchestra and other selected projects. Roche is a committed partner of the Lucerne Festival Academy and grants composition commissions in alternating years as part of the Roche Commissions and the Roche Young Commissions. The resulting new works are given their premieres during the Summer Festival. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, both of these Roche Commissions series are taking place simultaneously in 2021. The Adecco Group Foundation is committed to the new generation of musicians, who are supported through counseling and
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workshops to further their professional career paths – as part of the Career Sessions program, which will take place in part digitally and in part on location in Lucerne. Zurich Insurance Company Ltd (Zurich) has made it a primary goal to create a better future and, together with LUCERNE FESTIVAL, to make classical music accessible to a broader audience. The free “40min” concert series underscores this commitment with numerous events in Lucerne Hall. Theme Sponsor During the summer, our Festival traditionally follows a basic guiding theme. The 2021 Summer Festival will focus on the theme “crazy,” the German word for which has a double sense (“ver-rückt,” underscored by the hyphen): on one level, it marks something out as going beyond what is regarded as normal, whether that involves crazy characters, delusion, or eccentricity. But it also refers here to composers, works, and performers or to aesthetic processes and historical events that have upended paradigms, broken rules, and opened up new possibilities. The Clariant Foundation supports Lucerne Festival as its Theme Sponsor.
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Lucerne Festival means unforgettable concert experiences in a unique Festival atmosphere. Make sure you have your tickets for the international stars of classical music ahead of time with our special summer subscriptions and take advantage of our special discount just for subscribers! WEEKEND PACKAGES | p. 33 Four weekends full of music THREE NGHTS WITH THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | p. 34 Enjoy three unforgettable concerts with Riccardo Chailly and Yannick Nézet-Séguin!
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125 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF ANTON BRUCKNER | p. 36 Splendid performances of four famous Bruckner symphonies 88 KEYS, 1,000 EMOTIONS | p. 37 Great piano artistry with Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman, and Yuja Wang A TRIP BACK IN MUSICAL TIME | p. 37 Baroque world theater with Cecilia Bartoli, William Christie & Co. CROSSOVER: THE SUBSCRIPTION WITHOUT BORDERS | p. 38 Jazzy classical music, Piazzolla tangos, and Latin-American songs WEEKLONG SERIES | p. 38 Enjoy a seven-day stretch of the Festival 32 LUCERNE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW & SUBSCRIPTION SERIES: SUMMER 2021
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Weekend Packages Four weekends full of music
1st Weekend Package: Bruckner Meets Baroque (from CHF 266)
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
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Date | Time
Event
211311
Sat, 21.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Yuja Wang
Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Sun, 22.08. | 14.30
Concert Cecilia Bartoli Musiciens du Prince-Monaco | Gianluca Capuano | Cecilia Bartoli
“An Afternoon at the Opera” Program details will be announced at a later date.
211312
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390
266
2nd Weekend Package: Great Piano Artistry with Yuja Wang and Igor Levit (from CHF 190) No.
Date | Time
211319
Sat, 28.08. | 18.30 Yuja Wang
211320
Event Mariinsky Orchestra Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev |
Sun, 29.08. | 11.00
Recital Igor Levit 2 Igor Levit
Prokofiev Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 | Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps Beethoven Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109 | Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110 | Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
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3rd Weekend Package: For Voice Lovers (from CHF 190) No.
Date | Time
Event
211327
Fri, 03.09. | 19.30
Opera Partenope Les Arts Florissants | William Christie | Sophie Daneman | Soloists from “Jardin des Voix” Class of 2021
Handel Partenope, HWV 27
Sun, 05.09. | 11.00
Concert Juan Diego Flórez Juan Diego Flórez | Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Orchestra
Opera arias and orchestral works along with Latin-American songs
211328
4th Weekend Package: Great Symphonies (from CHF 238) No.
Date | Time
Event
211336
Fri, 10.09. | 19.30
Vienna Philharmonic 2 Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert Blomstedt
Honegger Symphony No. 3 Liturgique | Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
211337
Sat, 11.09. | 18.30
Budapest Festival Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer | Yuja Wang
Liszt The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz), S 110, no. 2 | Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major, S 124 | A Faust Symphony, S 108
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The 2021 Subscription Series
Three Nights with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Enjoy three unforgettable concerts with Riccardo Chailly and Yannick Nézet-Séguin!
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
No.
I
Date | Time
Event
211301
Fri, 13.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 1 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Gun-Brit Barkmin
Mahler (attr.) Symphonic Prelude | Berg Three Fragments from Wozzeck | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major
211309
Thu, 19.08. | 19.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Denis Matsuev
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
211311
Sat, 21.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Yuja Wang
Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
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Three Nights at the Opera
Madness, Love, Laughter: Operatic masterpieces from Handel to Verdi No.
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
Date | Time
Event
211321
Sun, 29.08. | 18.30
Opera The Queen of Spades Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Mariinsky Theater Ensemble
Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
211327
Fri, 03.09. | 19.30
Opera Partenope Les Arts Florissants | William Christie | Sophie Daneman | Soloists from “Jardin des Voix” Class of 2021
Handel Partenope, HWV 27
211338
Sun, 12.09. | 17.00
Opera Falstaff Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer | Soloists
Verdi Falstaff
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World-Famous Orchestras
Four top international ensembles in one of the finest concert halls in the world No.
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Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF) I
Event West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 2 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Michael Barenboim | Kian Soltani
211307
Tue, 17.08. | 19.30
211315
Tue, 24.08. | 19.30 Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
III
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751
513
Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102 | Franck Symphony in D minor
Riccardo Muti
Lyadov The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 | Stravinsky Concert Suite No. 2 from the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird | Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2
II
211325
Wed, 01.09. | 19.30
Berlin Philharmonic 1 Berlin Philharmonic | Kirill Petrenko
Weber Overture to the Romantic opera Oberon | Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber | Schubert Symphony No. 8 in C major, D 944 Great C major Symphony
211336
Fri, 10.09. | 19.30
Vienna Philharmonic 2 Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert Blomstedt
Honegger Symphony No. 3 Liturgique | Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
1.102 931
Crazy Symphonies
From Liszt’s Faust Symphony to Erich Wolfgang Korngold No.
Date | Time
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
Event Kirill Petrenko | Anna Vinnitskaya
Rachmaninoff The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 | Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 D-flat major, Op. 10 | Korngold Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40
Wed, 08.09. | 19.30
London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra | Sir Simon Rattle | Magdalena Kožená
Adámek Where Are You? for mezzo-soprano and orchestra | Mahler Symphony No. 10 (performing edition by Deryck Cooke)
Sat, 11.09. | 18.30
Budapest Festival Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra | Iván Fischer | Yuja Wang
Liszt The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz), S 110, no. 2 | Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major, S 124 | A Faust Symphony, S 108
Berlin Philharmonic 2
211326
Thu, 02.09. | 19.30 Berlin Philharmonic |
211334
211337
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361
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The 2021 Subscription Series
Genius and Madness: Robert Schumann The complete symphonies and two late concertos No.
Date | Time
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Event
211313 Sun, 22.08. | 19.30
Schumann Cycle 1 Lucerne Symphony Orchestra | Michael Sanderling | Steven Isserlis
Weber Overture to the Romantic opera Der Freischütz, Op. 77 | Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 | Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
211316 Wed, 25.08. | 19.30
Schumann Cycle 2 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | Paavo Järvi | Christian Tetzlaff
Schumann Overture to the opera Genoveva, Op. 81 | Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO1 | Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 Rhenish
211330 Sun, 05.09. | 18.30
Schumann Cycle 3 Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg | Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Weinberg Adagio from the Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 | Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 Spring Symphony | Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
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125th Anniversary of the Death of Anton Bruckner Splendid performances of four famous Bruckner symphonies No.
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Event
211311
Sat, 21.08. | 18.30
Lucerne Festival Orchestra 5 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Yuja Wang
Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 | Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
211318
Fri, 27.08. | 19.30
Staatskapelle Berlin | Daniel Barenboim
Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D 485 | Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
211322 Mon, 30.08. | 19.30
Royal Concertgebouworkest Royal Concertgebouworkest | Daniel Harding | Yefim Bronfman
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
211335 Thu, 09.09. | 19.30
Vienna Philharmonic 1 Vienna Philharmonic | Herbert Blomstedt
Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D 759 Unfinished | Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 Romantic
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88 Keys, 1,000 Emotions
Great piano artistry with Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman, and Yuja Wang No.
Date | Time
211306 Mon, 16.08. | 19.30
211319
Sat, 28.08. | 18.30
211322
Mon, 30.08. | 19.30
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
Event West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 1 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Lahav Shani | Daniel Barenboim
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 Symphonie classique | Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz 113 | Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
Mariinsky Orchestra Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Yuja Wang
Prokofiev Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 | Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 | Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps
Royal Concertgebouworkest Royal Concertgebouworkest | Daniel Harding | Yefim Bronfman
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 | Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107
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A Trip Back in Musical Time Baroque world theater with Cecilia Bartoli, William Christie & Co. No.
Date | Time
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
Event
211310
Fri, 20.08. | 19.30
Berliner Barock Solisten Berliner Barock Solisten | Reinhard Goebel | Soloists
“300 Anniversary of the Brandenburg Concertos” J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6, BWV 1046–1051
211312
Sun, 22.08. | 14.30
Concert Cecilia Bartoli Musiciens du Prince-Monaco | Gianluca Capuano | Cecilia Bartoli
“An Afternoon at the Opera” Program details will be announced at a later date.
211327
Fri, 03.09. | 19.30
Opera Partenope Les Arts Florissants | William Christie | Sophie Daneman | Soloists from “Jardin des Voix” Class of 2021
Handel Partenope, HWV 27
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The 2021 Subscription Series
Crossover: The Subscription without Borders Jazzy classical music, Piazzolla tangos, and Latin-American songs No.
211317
Date | Time
Thu, 26.08. | 19.30
Categories | Ticket Prices (CHF)
Event Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Yuja Wang
Rebel Chaos from Les élémens | Purcell Suite from The Fairy Queen | J. S. Bach Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 | Stravinsky Octet for Wind Instruments | Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
211323
Tue, 31.08. | 19.30
The 12 Cellists The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Blacher Blues, Espagnola, and Rumba philharmonica | Debussy La cathédrale engloutie | Clair de lune | Dean Twelve Angry Men | Tizol/ Ellington Caravan| Simons It,s Raining Skyscrapers, Op. 71, no. 1 | Dębski Cello Animation | Kaiser-Lindemann The 12 in Bossa nova. Variações brasileiras, Op. 36 | Piazzolla Buenos Aires Hora Cero | Revirado | Soledad | Tres minutos con la realidad
211328
Sun, 05.09. | 11.00
Concert Juan Diego Flórez Juan Diego Flórez | Sinfonía por el Perú Youth Orchestra
Opera arias and orchestral works along with Latin-American songs
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Weeklong Series
Enjoy a seven-day stretch of the Festival Are you wild about festivals? With our Weeklong Series you become your own festival director and devise a program uniquely tailored to your desires while discovering the full variety of Lucerne Festival – from emerging stars to the legendary masters, from the Baroque to music of today, from early mornings till late in the night. You additionally benefit from a discount of 5% on your ticket price. You can find the order form for the Weeklong Series online at lucernefestival.ch/subs.
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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Select your own date for the start of your Festival week. ● Choose a minimum of 5 concerts that all take place within a time frame of 7 days, beginning with your chosen start date. ● Give us a list of at least two additional alternative concerts in case particular events are no longer available. We’ll contact you if your desired concerts are unavailable. ●
Ticketing Information Members of the Lucerne Festival Circle of Friends and subscribers can purchase concert tickets and/or summer subscriptions starting immediately. Complete details of the Summer Festival program will be published in the middle of April 2021. Tickets for the Summer Festival go on sale to the general public beginning at the end of April. DATES FOR TICKET SALES
Summer Festival | 10 August – 12 September 2021 Online ticket sales Mail sales Telephone sales
begin on 27 April 2021, 12.00 noon (Swiss time) begin on 29 April 2021 begin on 29 April 2021, Mon – Fri from 10.00 am to noon; also from 1.30 to 5 pm when the Festival is under way and during the week that general ticket sales begin
TICKETS & INFORMATION
Lucerne Festival Ticketing & Visitor Information | P.O. Box | CH–6002 Luzern t +41 (0)41 226 44 80 | f +41 (0)41 226 44 85 ticketbox@lucernefestival.ch | lucernefestival.ch Information on Wheelchairs The main concert hall of the KKL Lucerne has six wheelchair spaces available on special terms. Wheelchair spaces are also available at the other event locations. The Festival cannot ensure that accompanying persons will receive a seat in the same price range or in the general vicinity. Our staff members from Visitor Services are happy to advise when you are ordering tickets.
Duplicates in Case of Ticket Loss When possible, we will provide duplicates for lost concert tickets. Such duplicates are available exclusively at the evening box office for a fee of CHF 10 per order. General Terms & Conditions The General Terms & Conditions may be found at lucernefestival.ch.
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Seating Maps Seating Map 1 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
4. Balcony 3. Balcony
4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left
Summer Festival
211301
2. Balcony Price per Category in CHF
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Stage Front stalls Gallery right
Organ Loft
Front stalls Gallery left
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Seating Map 2 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
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211337 211338
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240
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170
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Stage Organ Loft
Summer Festival
211319 211321 211334
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Seating Map 3 Event
3. Balcony 2. Balcony 1. Balcony Front stalls
Stage Front stalls Gallery right
Organ Loft
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Summer Festival Price per Category in CHF
211317 211330
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211310
4. Balcony
211327
4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
211314 211315 211322
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150
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The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.
Seating Map 4 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
4. Balcony 3. Balcony
4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left
Price per Category in CHF
2. Balcony 1. Balcony Front stalls
Organ Loft
I
120
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80
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70
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The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.
Stage Front stalls Gallery right
Summer Festival
211308 211313 212314 211320 211331
Front stalls Gallery left
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Seating Map 5 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
4. Balcony 3. Balcony
4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left
Summer Festival Price per Category in CHF
2. Balcony
211323
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90
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60
The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.
1. Balcony Front stalls
Stage Front stalls Gallery right
Organ Loft
Front stalls Gallery left
Seating Map 6 Event 4. Gallery right 3. Gallery right 2. Gallery right 1. Gallery right
4. Balcony 3. Balcony
4. Gallery left 3. Gallery left 2. Gallery left 1. Gallery left
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Summer Festival Price per Category in CHF
211328
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The organizer reserves the right to alter particular sections or the seating plan.
Stage Front stalls Gallery right
Organ Loft
Front stalls Gallery left
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Works by Franz Schubert
Mozart Piano Concerto in E-flat major, K. 271 Jenamy | Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453
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ARTIST INTERVIEW Sir András Schiff in conversation with Martin Meyer
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MOZART CONCERTOS Cappella Andrea Barca | Sir András Schiff
Sun 28 March
BACH CONCERTOS Cappella Andrea Barca | Sir András Schiff J.S. Bach Piano Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 | Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 | Piano Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 | Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
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