Nobody unites Jazz and Classical Music quite like Johanna Summer: Freely improvised, highly virtuosic, and full of curiosity for the unheard.

Photos © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

Founding Partners Piano Fest: Berthold Herrmann and Mariann Grawe-Gerber

What a way to get our #KlavierFest 2024 started 🔥
Igor Levit inspired his audience from the very first second of his solo recital.

Photos © Manuela Jans / Lucerne Festival

Founding Partners Piano Fest: Berthold Herrmann and Mariann Grawe-Gerber

Unser Tipp fürs Kultur-Wochenende: Der Pianist Igor Levit öffnet das Klavierfest von Lucerne Festival weiter zur Improvisation und zur Barockmusik. Mit dem linken Rapper Danger Dan setzt es auch einen politischen Akzent gegen Rassismus. Weitere Tipps vi... luzernerzeitung.ch/kultur/zentral…

«Wie eine weisse Leinwand und nach dem ersten Pinselstrich geht's los.»
Beautiful radio portrait about Johanna Summer and her approach to music making from SRF Regionaljournal (starts at 19'36'').
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'The music of this world premiere - a true marvel.'—Die deutsche Bühne on #LuciaRonchetti 's new opera 'Der Doppelgänger', premiered at #SchwetzingerFestspiele . We're looking forward to the Swiss premiere at Lucerne Festival in September.📷 Elmar Witt

Huge congratulations to Tyshawn Sorey Tyshawn Sorey who was awarded the #PulitzerPrize for his work “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)”, commissioned by Lucerne Festival and the Atlanta Symphony as part of New Music USA's 'Amplifying Voices' 🏅
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Tyshawn Sorey’s alto saxophone concerto Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) (2022) wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music. My review of the world premiere by Timothy McAllister, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra & Elena Schwarz below. Congratulations Tyshawn Sorey!!
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Lucerne Festival delights in schoolchildren becoming immersed in the world of classical music.
'Music for Future: The Podcast' is part of our offers for schools: students can create in-depth podcasts or our team reports on the kids' experiences.
🎧 lucernefestival.ch/de/future-podc…

Lucerne Festival is deeply saddened to learn about the death of Swiss composer Thomas Kessler (1937–2024).
A pioneer of electronic music, Kessler was among the most extraordinarily original and boundlessly curious composers of our country. He was our composer-in-residence 2019.

«Ich bin überzeugt, dass Musik nicht im luftleeren Raum entsteht und auch nicht im luftleeren Raum aufgeführt wird.»
– Igor Levit in the «Kulturtipp»'s article on the #KlavierFest .
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'Schubert and Brahms make me feel at home and safe; I can just let myself go. I feel the same about Igor Levit.'
Lukas Sternath, master student of Levit, on his upcoming performace at the #KlavierFest .

Founding Partners Piano Fest: Berthold Herrmann and Mariann Grawe-Gerber

Excellence in music and sports.
From Lucerne to the world.

@lucernefestival 🤝 #LucerneRegatta

Happy Birthday, Lisa Streich!
We celebrate our composer-in-residence with four brand new episodes of our podcast 'Hingehört: Neue Musik', where Lisa Streich talks about her music, things she is curious about, the #LucerneFestivalAcademy , and much more.
🎧 lucernefestival.ch/de/magazin/hin…

The Cleveland Orchestra, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, returns to Europe in August and September for its 80th international tour with eight concerts in Berliner Festspiele, Musiikkitalo, Lucerne Festival, Ansfelden, Bratislava, and Musikverein Wien.
clevelandorchestra.com/attend/seasons…

Bravi 👏 Phoebe Bognár, Francisco Morais Fernandes, and Santiago Villar Martín are named as the recipients of the 2024 Fritz Gerber Award!
Since 2015, this prestigious sponsorship prize has been awarded annually to young, highly talented artists.
📰 lucernefestival.ch/de/news/218

'Beautiful remastered productions that are keeping the original live sentiment and energy. A true discovery!'
The CD box 'Herbert von Karajan – The Early Lucerne Years' was awarded an #ICMA in the category 'Historical Recording'.
More at lucernefestival.ch/de/magazin/icm…

WP of #LisaStreich 's trumpet concerto 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗘 with #LucasLipariMayer , #RoyalStockholmPhilharmonicOrchestra & #IlanVolkov 👏 Looking forward to Simon Höfele presenting the piece with WDR Sinfonieorchester in June and with #LFCO at Lucerne Festival in August.📷Yanan Li

Rich invention combines with gripping dramatic ideas – this is Sergei Rachmaninoff's first piano concerto.
🎧 Get to know the remarkable youth work in the (German-language) podcast 'Appetizer' with our dramaturge Susanne Stähr.
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Lucerne Festival and audite had the honor of accepting the prize in the category 'Historical Recording' for our 'Historical Performanes' CD box featuring the early Lucerne years of Herbert von Karajan (lucernefestival.ch/de/article/152) at the 2024 International Classical Music Awards 🏆