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Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Daniel Lozakovich / Riccardo Chailly
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
The Lucerne Festival is one of the top addresses for classical music fans every summer. And with its location on picturesque Lake Lucerne, it is certainly one of the most beautiful! Several of the festival’s own ensembles provide programme highlights every year – first and foremost, of course, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Founded 21 years ago by the great Claudio Abbado, the »Orchestra of Friends«, as he called it, is made up of renowned soloists, chamber musicians and music professors as well as members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Filarmonica della Scala. Under its current chief conductor Riccardo Chailly, it now makes its first appearance at the Elbphilharmonie. Also taking part is Swedish high-flyer Daniel Lozakovich, who signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 15 – the youngest violinist ever to be signed by this label rich in tradition. For his return to the Grand Hall this time, he has chosen Jean Sibelius’s only violin concerto. The orchestra will then turn its attention to Rachmaninov’s popular »Symphonic Dances«, which the composer himself described as his »best work«.
