Summer-Festival: Ouverture
Overview
Intro
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | solists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Gershwin | Reich | Bernstein
A first for the Festival: our new Executive and Artistic Director, Sebastian Nordmann, kicks off the Summer Festival by inviting everyone to a big party – free of charge. In the Concert Hall of the KKL Luzern, Riccardo Chailly and the fabulous Lucerne Festival Orchestra will set the mood with Gershwin and Bernstein, rumba and mambo – the perfect prelude to an unforgettable Cuban Night. Afterward, you can head over directly to the open-air “Classical Music for All” concert on the Europaplatz.
Performers:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Solists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Program:
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Cuban Overture
Riccardo Chailly in conversation with Sebastian Nordmann (in English)
Steve Reich (*1936)
New York Counterpoint. Version for 11 clarinets
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
Mambo from West Side Story
The concert ends around 20.00 and has no intermission.
| Contact address |
Lucerne Festival
Hirschmattstrasse 13 6003 Luzern +41 (0)41 226 44 00 info@lucernefestival.ch +41 (0)41 226 44 60 |
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| Location |
KKL Luzern Konzertsaal Europaplatz 1 6005 Luzern Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://www.lucernefestival.ch/de/programm/lucerne-festival-orchestra-riccardo-chailly-solistinnen-des-lucerne-festival-orchestra-und-des-lucerne-festival-contemporary-orchestra-lfco/2348 |
| Price |
Free admission
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Event dates
- 13 August 2026
