Lucerne Fesitval in Summer 2010
12th August - 18th September
Music that sounds as its creators imagined it. Musicians who play with rapture and commitment. Concert-goers who take leisurely plunges into worlds of sound, far removed from the bustle of everyday life. LUCERNE FESTIVAL makes it all possible, and has been doing so for more than seventy years. Nestled on idyllic Lake Lucerne in one of the world's most beautiful Old Towns, every year the city becomes a meeting place for leading performers from all over the globe – famous orchestras, legendary conductors, virtuoso soloists – who convene to celebrate a festival of sound. In Jean Nouvel's concert hall, equally famous for its phenomenal acoustics and exquisite architecture, they encounter a no less polyglot audience: some 120,000 visitors make their way to Lucerne every year to attend its three festivals – at Easter, in Summer, and at the Piano.
With some one-hundred events, LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer is the largest of this distinguished threesome. Every year since 2003 it has opened with a concert of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, an élite ensemble conducted by Claudio Abbado and composed of internationally renowned soloists, chamber musicians, professors, and some fifty members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY, founded by Pierre Boulez in 2004, gives the festival its own educational institution for highly gifted young musicians, who are specially initiated into the performance of 20th- and 21st-century music. Besides cultivating the standard repertoire with the best performers the world has to offer, LUCERNE FESTIVAL is also deeply committed to modern music. Every summer it appoints one or two composers-in-residence and focuses on their music. It also appoints artistes étoiles, stellar artists who are actively involved in designing the festival's programs and present their art in a very wide range of contexts. Finally, each season is placed beneath a selected theme that governs the programming policy.
Program
Thursday 12th August
Foyer Lucerne Hall Exhibition Short Film Competition 2010
Thursday 12th August | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Opening Concert Mahler Chamber Orchestra | LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Arnold Schoenberg Chor | Claudio Abbado | Soloists Beethoven: "Fidelio"
Friday 13th August | 17.15
KKL Luzern Auditorium Artist Talk 1 Jonas Kaufmann | Florian Hauser
Friday 13th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 1 Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Matthias Pintscher | Yvonne Naef Fauré | Chausson | Wagner | Ravel CHF: 170 150 110 90
Saturday 14th August | 18.30
Franciscan Church Choir Concert Arnold Schoenberg Chor | Erwin Ortner Bach | Lechner | Bruckner | Ligeti | Brahms CHF: 50
Sunday 15th August | 11.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 1 Ensemble intercontemporain | Susanna Mälkki | Pierre Strauch Amman | Jarrell CHF: 50
Sunday 15th August | 14.00
KKL Luzern Auditorium Artist Talk 2 Susanne Mälkki | Andreas Müller-Crepon
Sunday 15th August | 16.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 1 “El pueblo nunca muere”
Sunday 15th August | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 2 Mahler Chamber Orchestra | LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Arnold Schoenberg Chor | Claudio Abbado | Soloists Beethoven: "Fidelio"
Monday 16th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 1 “El pueblo nunca muere”
Monday 16th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 3 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Andris Nelsons | Martin Grubinger Wagner | Dorman | Tchaikovsky CHF: 260 210 160 110
Tuesdaysday 17th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 2 “Inheriting the Future of Music”
Tuesdaysday 17th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Chamber Music 1 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Brass Ensemble Tchaikovsky | Berg | Prokofiev CHF: 100 60 30
Wednesdaynesday 18th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Recital 1 – Lied Thomas Quasthoff | Hélène Grimaud Schumann | Brahms CHF: 170 130 90 60 30
Thursday 19th August | 12.15
Church of St. Luke Debut 1 Tobias Berndt | Alexander Fleischer Schubert | Schoenberg CHF: 30
Thursday 19th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Recital 2 – Piano Hélène Grimaud Mozart | Berg | Bartók | Liszt CHF: 170 130 90 60
Friday 20th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Claudio Abbado Mahler
Saturday 21th August | 11.00
Church of St. Luke Chamber Music 2 Atrium Quartett | Roman Rabinovich Stravinsky | Borodin | Chopin | Franck CHF: 50
Saturday 21th August | 17.00
KKL Luzern Auditorium Artist Talk 3 Hélène Grimaud | Gabriela Kaegi
Saturday 21th August | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 5 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Claudio Abbado Mahler
Sunday 22th August | 11.00
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Chamber Music 3 – Lucerne Concert Soloists of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA | Hélène Grimaud Poulenc | Ravel | Brahms | Schumann CHF: 100 60 30
Sunday 22th August | 14.00
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY | Master Class in Conducting Pierre Boulez | Alain Poirier | Robert Piencikowski | Musicians of the Ensemble intercontemporain Webern | Stravinsky | Boulez
Sunday 22th August | 16.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 3 “My Life - Hélène Grimaud”
Sunday 22th August | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 6 Mahler Chamber Orchestra | The SWednesdayish Radio Choir | Daniel Harding | Soloists Mendelssohn: "Elias" CHF: 220 190 140
Monday 23th August | 17.30
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 1 | Open Stage Students of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Monday 23th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 3 “My Life - Hélène Grimaud”
Monday 23th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 7 Sydney Symphony | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Hélène Grimaud Sibelius | Beethoven | Tchaikovsky
Monday 23th August | 20.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 2 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez | Dieter Ammann | Lislot Frei Ammann
Tuesday 24th August | 12.15
Church of St. Luke Debut 2 Nicolas Altstaedt | José Gallardo Beethoven | Carter | Boulanger | Piazzolla CHF: 30
Tuesday 24th August | 18.00
Streets and plazas of Lucerne LUCERNE FESTIVAL in the Streets Music groups from around the world
Tuesday 24th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 4 “Klaus Huber am Werk”
Tuesday 24th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 8 Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Neeme Järvi | Lars Vogt Grieg | Sibelius CHF: 150 130 100 50 30
Wednesday 25th August | 09.00
KKL Luzern Auditorium Academy Forum 3 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez | Dieter Ammann Ammann
Wednesday 25th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 9 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez Webern | Ammann | Scriabin CHF: 150 130 100 80 50 30
Thursday 26th August | 12.15
Church of St. Luke Debut 3 Ramón Ortega Quero | Olga Watts Chédeville | Couperin | Blavet | Vivaldi | Bach CHF: 30
Thursday 26th August | 14.00
Schools of the City and Canton of Lucerne Children's Corner 1 | Concert Street Music Street Music Groups | A visit to the schools of Lucerne
Thursday 26th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 10 The Cleveland Orchestra | Franz Welser-Möst | Christine Schäfer Schubert | Berg CHF: 290 240 190 130
Friday 27th August | 14.00
Schools of the City and Canton of Lucerne Children's Corner 1 | Concert Street Music Street Music Groups | A visit to the schools of Lucerne
Friday 27th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 11 The Cleveland Orchestra | Franz Welser-Möst Bruckner CHF: 290 240 190
Friday 27th August | 20.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Students of the Master Class in Conducting | Pierre Boulez Webern
Saturday 28th August | 10.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 5 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez | Olivia Stahn | Roland Wächter Schönberg
Saturday 28th August | 11.00
Church of St. Luke Chamber Music 4 casalQuartett Beethoven | Ammann | Janácek CHF: 50
Saturday 28th August | 14.00
KKL Luzern Auditorium Artist Talk 4 Dieter Ammann | Annelis Berger
Saturday 28th August | 18.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 2 Soloists and ensembles from the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Berio | Boulez | Carter | Ives | Ligeti | Reich et al. CHF: 50
Saturday 28th August | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 12 The Cleveland Orchestra | Franz Welser-Möst Debussy | Hosokawa | Strauss CHF: 290 240 190 130 70
Sunday 29th August | 11.00
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Piano-Matinee Maurizio Pollini Chopin | Debussy | Boulez CHF: 170 130 90 60
Sunday 29th August | 14.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Afternoon Concert Festival Strings Lucerne | Achim Fiedler | Adam Mital Gluck | Sallinen | Turina
Sunday 29th August | 16.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 5 “Rolf Liebermann - musician”
Sunday 29th August | 17.00
Jesuit Church Festival Service Mozart-Ensemble | Orchester des Collegium Musicum | Alois Koch | Soloists Mozart
Sunday 29th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 13 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | Riccardo Chailly | Frank Peter Zimmermann Mendelssohn | Schumann CHF: 290 240 190
Monday 30th August | 17.30
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 6 | Open Stage Students of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Monday 30th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 5 “Rolf Liebermann - musician”
Monday 30th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 14 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig | Riccardo Chailly | Enrico Dindo Schumann CHF: 290 240 190 130
Monday 30th August | 20.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 7 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Ensemble | Jean Deroyer | Soloists of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Boulez
Tuesday 31th August | 12.15
Lucerne Grand Casino Casineum Debut 4 Meret Lüthi | Felix Knecht | Ieva Saliete | Jonathan Rubin Schmelzer | Biber | Mascitti | Veracini CHF: 30
Tuesday 31th August | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 6 Alban Berg: “Lulu”
Tuesday 31th August | 19.30
Lucerne Theatre Ancient Music 1 L’Arpeggiata | Christina Pluhar | Philippe Jaroussky | Nuria Rial "Teatro d’amore"
Tuesday 31th August | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 15 Berliner Philharmoniker | SiMonday Rattle Beethoven | Mahler
Wednesday 1st September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 16 Berliner Philharmoniker | SiMonday Rattle | Karita Mattila Wagner | Strauss | Schoenberg | Webern | Berg CHF: 320 270 220
Wednesday 1st September | 20.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 3 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Ensemble | Pierre Boulez | Olivia Stahn Stravinsky | Carter | Schoenberg CHF: 50
Thursday 2nd September | 12.15
Lucerne Grand Casino Casineum Debut 5 Benjamin Moser Debussy | Ravel | Chopin
Thursday 2nd September | 18.00
Chapel "zum heiligen Geist" Sound Installations | Vernissage Alvin Lucier | Jacques Demierre
Thursday 2nd September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 17 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Mariss Jansons | Alexei Ogrintchouk Bartók | Shchedrin | Stravinsky CHF: 320 270 220 150
Thursday 2nd September | 20.00
Südpol Dance Anna Huber | Susanne Huber | André Thomet Cage | Feldman | Ligeti et al.
Friday 3th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 18 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Mariss Jansons | Anna Larsson Mahler
Friday 3th September | 20.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 4 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Ensemble | Jean Deroyer | Soloists of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Boulez CHF: 50
Saturday 4th September | 10.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Academy Forum 8 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez | Roland Wächter Mahler
Saturday 4th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 19 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra | Ton Koopman | Kristian Bezuidenhout Bach | Mozart | Haydn CHF: 320
Saturday 4th September | 20.00
Südpol Dance Anna Huber | Susanne Huber | André Thomet Cage | Feldman | Ligeti et al.
Sunday 5th September | 11.00
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 20 Cappella Andrea Barca | András Schiff Mozart | Schubert CHF: 260 210
Sunday 5th September | 15.30
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall NZZ Podium Peter von Matt | Sibylle Lewitscharoff | András Schiff "Eros and the arts" CHF: 30
Sunday 5th September | 16.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 7 “L'éternel Retour”
Sunday 5th September | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 21 LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY Orchestra | Pierre Boulez Boulez | Mahler CHF: 100 80 50 30
Monday 6th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Monday 6th September | 14.00
St Charles Hall Meggen Master Class Piano András Schiff
Monday 6th September | 19.30
Jesuit Church Ancient Music 2 Berliner Barock Solisten | Bernhard Forck | Genia Kühmeier | Bernarda Fink Durante | Hasse | Gallo | Pergolesi CHF: 90 70 50
Tuesday 7th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Tuesday 7th September | 12.15
Lucerne Grand Casino Casineum Debut 6 Quatuor Modigliani Haydn | Ravel | Mendelssohn
Tuesday 7th September | 19.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 8 Claude Debussy: “Pelléas et Mélisande”
Tuesday 7th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Recital 3 – Violin Anne-Sophie Mutter | Lambert Orkis Brahms
Wednesday 8th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Wednesday 8th September | 14.00
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 3 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Wednesday 8th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 22 Philharmonia Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Hélène Grimaud Schumann | Sibelius CHF: 290 240 190 130
Wednesday 8th September | 19.30
Lucerne Theatre Music Theater | Territorial premiere Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Mark Foster | Soloists Henze: "Phaedra"
Thursday 9th September | 12.15
Lucerne Grand Casino Casineum Debut 7 Veronika Eberle | Oliver Schnyder Schumann | Janácek | Prokofjev CHF: 30
Thursday 9th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 23 Philharmonia Orchestra | Mozart-Ensemble Luzern | Esa-Pekka Salonen Ravel | Debussy | Prokofiev CHF: 290 240 190 130 70
Friday 10th September | 17.00
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 24 Philharmonia Orchestra | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Soloists Wagner: “Tristan and Isolde” CHF: 290 240
Saturday 11st September | 11.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 5 Collegium Novum Zürich | Michael Wendeberg | Bettina Boller | Stefan Wirth Dayer | Gubler | Marti | Wirth CHF: 50
Saturday 11st September | 16.30
Südpol Modern 6 Swiss contemporary music
Saturday 11st September | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 25 San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas | Paul Jacobs Copland | Mahler CHF: 290 240 190
Sunday 12nd September | 11.00
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 26 Basel Sinfonietta | Stefan Asbury | Dominik Blum | Fritz Hauser Jaggi | Vassena | Hauser | Wertmüller CHF: 100 60 30
Sunday 12nd September | 16.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Modern 7 Anna Spina | Andri Probst Yi | Frauchiger | Roth | Grisey CHF: 50
Sunday 12nd September | 16.00
Stattkino Lucerne Film 7 “L'éternel Retour”
Sunday 12nd September | 19.30
Lucerne Theatre Music Theater Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Mark Foster | Soloists Henze: "Phaedra"
Sunday 12nd September | 19.30
Jesuit Church Modern 8 Vokalensemble Zürich | Soloists of the Lucerne Music School | Peter Siegwart | Elisabeth Zawadke | Heidi Bollhalder Swiss contemporary music CHF: 50
Sunday 12nd September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 27 San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas | Christian Tetzlaff Wagner | Berg | Beethoven CHF: 290 240 190 130
Monday 13th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Monday 13th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 28 San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas | Susan Graham Berlioz | Ravel CHF: 290 240 190 130 70
Tuesday 14th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Tuesday 14th September | 12.15
Lucerne Grand Casino Casineum Debut 8 David Pia | Gérard Wyss Schumann | Brahms | Debussy | Stravinsky
Tuesday 14th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 29 Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | NDR Chor | Ladies of the Chœur du Théâtre de Genève | State Choir "Latvija" | David Zinman | Soloists Schoenberg CHF: 240 200 150 100 60
Wednesday 15th September | 09.30
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 2 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Wednesday 15th September | 14.00
Lucas Hall (Church of St Luke) Children's Corner 3 | Workshop Boris Lanz | Barbara Schneebeli "The Sound of Things"
Wednesday 15th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 30 Chorus and Orchestra from the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre | Dmitri Jurowski | Soloists Tchaikovsky: “Eugene Onegin” CHF: 240 200 150 100
Thursday 16th September | 10.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Children's Corner 4 | Concert Ute Kleeberg | Uwe Stoffel "Kalif Storch" - a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
Thursday 16th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 31 Vienna Philharmonic | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Lang Lang Beethoven
Thursday 16th September | 19.30
Franciscan Church Ancient Music 3 Mala Punica | Pedro Memelsdorff "Beatum incendium – The Mystery of Love" CHF: 60 30
Friday 17th September | 10.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Children's Corner 4 | Concert Ute Kleeberg | Uwe Stoffel "Kalif Storch" - a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
Friday 17th September | 19.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 32 Vienna Philharmonic | Gustavo Dudamel | Nicolas Altstaedt Brahms | Schumann | Dvorák
Saturday 18th September | 10.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Children's Corner 5 | Rehearsal Attendance Vienna Philharmonic | Gustavo Dudamel Rossini | Ravel
Saturday 18th September | 16.00
KKL Luzern Lucerne Hall Children's Corner 6 | Concert Ute Kleeberg | Uwe Stoffel "Kalif Storch" - a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
Saturday 18th September | 18.30
KKL Luzern Concert Hall Symphony Concert 33 Vienna Philharmonic | Gustavo Dudamel Rossini | Orbón | Bernstein | Ravel
Saturday 18th September | 19.30
Lucerne Theatre Music Theater Luzerner Sinfonieorchester | Mark Foster | Soloists Henze: "Phaedra"