When Claudio Abbado and Michael Haefliger founded the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which has opened the summer season every year since 2003, they were, in a way, harking back to the birth of theLucerne Festival Orchestra in 1938. At that time, Arturo Toscanini first brought together an elite orchestra to play the legendary “Concert de Gala.” With this model in mind, in 2009, renowned soloists will once again converge under the leadership of Claudio Abbado to work on and perform selected pieces from the symphonic repertoire.
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Lucerne Festival Orchestra — Lucerne Festival 2020
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Gala concert of the Lucerne Festival 2005
Lucerne Festival 2004
2004 Lucerne Festival Opening Concert
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
