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20 years of Lucerne Festival Orchestra

In the summer of 2003, Claudio Abbado and Festival Director Michael Haefliger founded a unique "Orchestra of Friends" that unites internationally acclaimed soloists, chamber musicians, and music teachers, as well as members of top European orchestras: the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Riccardo Chailly has been its principal conductor since 2016.

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Photo: "Concert de Gala" in 2003 to celebrate the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra © Priska Ketterer / Lucerne Festival