When Claudio Abbado and his new founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra perform at the Lucerne Festival, the whole musical world looks to Lucerne. 120 musicians or "best friends" are also renowned soloists or important players in many leading orchestras…

The history of Claudio Abbado's relationship to Mahler is something quite special in itself. He has been established as a leading Mahler interpreter for so many years that it is easy to underestimate the role he has played in creating the huge…

Gala Concert on the occasion of the Maestro's 80th birthday. Born in Montbrison/France in 1925, Pierre Boulez is one of the most distinguished composers and conductors in the world today. Through his own compositions and his activities as an author…

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as its conductor made triumphal headlines worldwide: from «the miracle of Lucerne» (Tagesspiegel) to «superbe et éphèmère» (Le Figaro). When Abbado and his newly founded Orchestra perform at the…

The concerts of the new established Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Claudio Abbado as its conductor made triumphal headlines worldwide: from «the miracle of Lucerne» (Tagesspiegel) to «superbe et éphèmère» (Le Figaro). In Summer 2005 Claudio Abbado…

“The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is like a holiday camp, but for adult musicians,” is how the Berliner Tagesspiegel describes the special atmosphere of Lucerne in the summer. In August 2006 for the fourth time, first class musicians answered the call…

A true celebration is to welcome the New Year with one of the best orchestras in the world. The Gala from Berlin 2007 presents the outstanding Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle with works by the Russian composers Alexander…

We are proud to present Gala from Berlin 2008, featuring the outstanding Berlin Philharmonics, Sir Simon Rattle, and world-class singers Thomas Quasthoff and Pauline Malefane with an all-American programme. Gershwin’s "Cuban Overture" is the perfect…

In 2009 music lovers all over the world celebrate the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, one of the most important artists of the 19th century. On February 3rd, 2009 (exactly 200 years after his birth) the city of Leipzig celebrates its…

Magdalena Kožená does not only make the “heavenly joys” resound in the final movement of Mahler’s Fourth. Afore, she devotes herself to the seraphic beauty and intimate simplicity of Mahler’s “Rückert Lieder”. Practically all the songs that Mahler…