« Celebrating Beethoven» – 250th birthday
Lucerne Concert Series
100% Beethoven in Beethovens year also with us! The Festival Strings Lucerne focus on the year 1806, in which his violin concerto was composed, as well as the during his lifetime very successful 4th symphony. And a Strings-Début in addition! Midori ist the phenomenal Asian violinist of her generation, made her début with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 11 and was in 2014 the "Artiste étoile" at Lucerne Festival.
March 2020: Asia tour has been cancelled
Tours and performances abroad
Due to the wave of corona virus infections in mainland China, Festival Strings Lucerne had to cancel their Midori tour in March 2020. The concerts should be rescheduled very soon. Concerts were planned in Singapore and Seoul as well as in the Chinese cities Shanghai, Changsha and Zhuhai and at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, where the Festival Strings Lucerne have been guests since 1978. The only destination which is not being cancelled in March is Saffron Hall in England.
Concert Season 2019/20
Brochure
Feel invited to look into our Concert Season brochure. The Lucerne Festival Strings will appear in Lucerne for various concerts such as: at their own series, at the Lucerne Festival or in special projects. Being a main cultural ambassador of Lucerne abroad, the orchestra tours to Germany, Italy, England, Slovenia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul.