Supporting the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Take the finest soloists, chamber musicians, music teachers, and members of Europe’s top orchestras and being them together in a deluxe ensemble: this is the idea behind the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. This unique “orchestra of friends” was founded in 2003 by Claudio Abbado and Michael Haefliger. Riccardo Chailly has served as its Music Director since 2016. The Lucerne Festival Orchestra is a highlight of the programs during the Summer Festival as well as the three-day Spring Festival, delighting young and old alike.

• an in-house Festival orchestra celebrated around the world
• a unique ensemble that is liberated from routine playing
• a musical beacon with international appeal
• musical highlights during the orchestra’s annual residencies in the spring and summer
• the annual return of outstanding musicians to Lucerne

From all over the world outstanding musicians are in charge of each group of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. They draw on their expertise and dedication to decisively shape the orchestra as a single organism.

A donation of CHF 25,000 enables you to support the presence of an orchestra member who is particularly close to your heart and makes it possible to ensure that year after year the orchestra is filled with outstanding musicians.

As a token of our appreciation, you will receive the following benefits:

• a chance to meet & greet the musician you support
• an invitation to a Lucerne Festival Orchestra rehearsal
• an invitation to the closing reception of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
• a listing of your name next to the musicians you have selected in the list of orchestras, which is printed in all program booklets and on our website
• a special memory

Interested? Please get in touch with Isabelle Köhler: