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19 Oct 2026, Schweizerhof Luzern

The Four Seasons – with a twist: ‘Autumn’

Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players

​​​​​​​In four concerts during the 2026/2027 season, the Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players will explore the popular theme of setting the seasons to music – but in a ‘different way’ to what one might expect. Autumn kicks off the series: a musical journey through melancholic moods and luminous timbres.
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3 Nov 2026, KKL Lucerne

Drama, Dance & New Beginnings – Emanuel Ax plays Mozart

Emanuel Ax, Piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

To kick off the concert series at the KKL Luzern, Festival Strings Lucerne present Emanuel Ax, one of the most significant pianists of our time.
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20 Dec 2026, MaiHof Lucerne

The Four Seasons – with a twist: ‘Winter’

Benjamin Appl, baritone
Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players

In the second part of ‘The Four Seasons – A Different Take’, Benjamin Appl will be performing Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’. The last of Fischer-Dieskau’s pupils is one of the leading lieder interpreters of our time.
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27 Jan 2027, KKL Lucerne

Reflections – Midori plays Tchaikovsky

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

The legendary violinist Midori returns to Festival Strings Lucerne. The highlight of the evening is Tchaikovsky’s passionate Violin Concerto – the work with which Midori caused an international sensation at the age of just 14 and laid the foundations for her international career.
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11 Mar 2027, KKL Lucerne

Chopin in Vienna

Kevin Chen, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Kevin Chen, one of the most exciting young pianists of our time, is making his debut at the KKL Luzern. The Canadian, aged just 21, has already won one prize after another.
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25 Apr 2027, Schweizerhof Luzern

Steinway Prizewinner Concert

Nikola Meeuwsen, piano

The first-prize winner of the 2025 Queen Elisabeth Competition is set to make his debut in Lucerne: Nikola Meeuwsen, the first Dutch winner of the prestigious Belgian competition, will be performing at a Steinway Prizewinner Concert as part of Festival Strings Lucerne.
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10 Jul 2026, Salle de musique La-Chaux-de-Fonds

Concert in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Bomsori Kim, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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5 Jul 2026, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Leia Zhu, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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4 Jul 2026, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Leia Zhu, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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2 Jul 2026, Rheingau Music Festival

Rheingau Music Festival

Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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24 Jun 2026, Würzburger Residenz

Mozart Festival, Würzburg

Leia Zhu, violin
Sylvia Zucker, viola
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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23 Jun 2026, Würzburger Residenz

Mozart Festival, Würzburg

Karl-Heinz Schütz, flute
Anneleen Lenaerts, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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16 Jun 2026, Veitsdom Prag

Concert in Prague

Iveta Apkalna, Organ
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

A private concert to mark the inauguration of an organ, in collaboration with the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival.
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11 Jun 2026, Salle de musique La-Chaux-de-Fonds

Chamber music in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Nelson Goerner, Piano
Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Daniel Dodds
Erika Schutter
Dominik Fischer
Alexander Kionke

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10 Jun 2026, KKL Lucerne

Anastasia Kobekina

Anastasia Kobekina, Cello
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dobbs, Conductor & Violin

Elgar's cello concerto
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31 May 2026, Schweizerhof Luzern

Romance from Leipzig

Nelson Goerner, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Daniel Dodds, violin
Erika Schutter, violin
Dominik Fischer, viola
Alexander Kionke, violoncello

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13 May 2026, Vaduzer Saal

Concert in Vaduz

Karl-Heinz Schütz, Flöte
Anneleen Lenaerts, Harfe
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, Leitung & Violine

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10 May 2026, Palau de la Música de Valencia

Concert in Valencia

Cristina Gomez Gódoy, Oboe
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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26 Apr 2026, KKL Lucerne

Trip to Paris

Francesco Piemontesi, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Piemontesi at the piano
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20 Apr 2026, Noda BCVS Sion

Concert in Sion

Pablo Ferrández, cello
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

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2 Apr 2026, Schweizerhof Luzern

Chamber music for Maundy Thursday

Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Daniel Dodds
Eszter Major
Sylvia Zucker
Jonas Iten
Guest: Student at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) – Music, soprano

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23 Mar 2026, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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22 Mar 2026, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

Mit Emmanuel Pahud, Flöte

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21 Mar 2026, Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre Muse

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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20 Mar 2026, The Symphony Hall Osaka

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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18 Mar 2026, Suntory Hall Tokio

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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17 Mar 2026, Takasaki City Theatre

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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15 Mar 2026, Aichi Arts Center

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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14 Mar 2026, Kissei Bunka Hall Matsumoto

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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13 Mar 2026, Rexam Hall Takamatsu

Japan tour with Midori and Emmanuel Pahud

Midori, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds
conductor & violin

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26 Feb 2026, KKL Lucerne

Violin Olympus

Inmo Yang, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Inmo Yang plays Paganini
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1 Feb 2026, Schweizerhof Luzern

Viennese encounters

Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet
Yuta Takase, violin
Jonas Moosmann, violin
Dominik Fischer, viola
Jonas Iten, violoncello

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28 Jan 2026, Megaron Athens

Conzert in Athens

Augustin Hadelich, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Works by Elgar, Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Mozart
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17 Dec 2025, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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16 Dec 2025, Kölner Philharmonie

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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15 Dec 2025, Konzerthaus Berlin

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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13 Dec 2025, Staatstheater Braunschweig

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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11 Dec 2025, Stadttheater Olten

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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10 Dec 2025, KKL Lucerne

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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9 Dec 2025, Alte Oper Frankfurt

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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8 Dec 2025, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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7 Dec 2025, Brucknerhaus Linz

Harp sounds for the Advent season

Xavier De Maistre, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Presentation of the new Festival Strings Lucerne album with Xavier de Maistre. With works by Handel, Guilmant and others.
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23 Nov 2025, Prinzregententheater München

Festival Strings and Leia Zhu

Leia Zhu, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Works by Elgar, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
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13 Nov 2025, KKL Lucerne

Beethoven at the piano

Alice Sara Ott, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin & conductor

Works by Kilar, Beethoven and Mozart
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19 Oct 2025, Schweizerhof Luzern

Impressions from Paris

Arsenii Moon, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Daniel Meller, violin
Sylvia Zucker, viola
Jonas Iten, violoncello

Works by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré
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28 Sept 2025, Schweizerhof Luzern

Transfigured homeland

Festival Strings Lucerne Chamber Players
Daniel Dodds, violin
Erika Schutter, violin
Sylvia Zucker, viola
Katrin Burger, viola
Alexander Kionke, cello
Anne-Christine Vandewalle, cello

Programme for the art exhibition Kandinsky, Picasso, Miró et al. back in Lucerne.
Works by Ravel, Müller, Prokofiev, Schönberg and others.
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14 Sept 2025, Kirche Collegio Papio

Settimane Musicali Ascona

Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Works by Mozart, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
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10 Sept 2025, KKL Lucerne

Concert Lucerne Festival
25 years of organ in the KKL Lucerne

Wayne Marshall, organ
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Works by Poulenc, Hakim, Mozart
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17 Aug 2025, KKL Lucerne

Afternoon concert of the city of Lucerne

Dominik Wollenweber, soloist
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin, conductor & moderator

Theme: Open End.works by Mozart, Sibelius, Haydn
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6 Jul 2025, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Guido Sant'Anna, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin & direction

Works by Kats-Chernin, Mozart
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5 Jul 2025, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Guido Sant'Anna, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin & direction

Works by Kats-Chernin, Mozart
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3 Jul 2025, Rheingau Music Festival

Mediterranean Night

Thibaut Garcia, guitar
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Works by Manuel de Falla, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Niccolò Paganini, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Mauro Giuliani
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15 Jun 2025, Schweizerhof Luzern

Soir

Claire Huangci, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Chamber Players

Works by Beach, Bonis, Dvořák
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18 May 2025, KKL Lucerne

Chopin Delight

Bruce Liu, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, conductor & violin

Works by Ravel, Chopin, W. A. Mozart
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13 Apr 2025, Schweizerhof Luzern

Steinway Prizewinner Concert

Ariel Lanyi, piano

Works by Schubert & Chopin
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26 Mar 2025, KKL Lucerne

Felix & Fanny

Bomsori, Violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Works by Hensel, Bruch, Kats-Chernin, Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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16 Mar 2025, Schweizerhof Luzern

La Poule

Festival Strings Lucerne
Chamber Players

Works by Rameau, Widmann, Dvořák
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9 Mar 2025, Palacio Euskalduna

Tour of Spain

Cristina Gomez Gódoy, Oboe
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Works by Vivaldi, Strauss, Bellini, Tchaikovsky and others.
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8 Mar 2025, Palacio Euskalduna

Tour of Spain

Cristina Gomez Gódoy, Oboe
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Works by Vivaldi, Strauss, Bellini, Tchaikovsky and others.
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6 Mar 2025, Palau de la Música de Valencia

Tour of Spain

Cristina Gomez Gódoy, Oboe
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Works by Vivaldi, Strauss, Bellini, Tchaikovsky and others.
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13 Feb 2025, KKL Lucerne

Mediterrane Nacht

Miloš, Gitarre
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds

Werke von de Falla, Rodrigo, Debussy, Milhaud
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9 Nov 2024, Monheimer Kulturwerke

Festival Strings Lucerne and Leia Zhu

Leia Zhu, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Robert Schumann: Pictures from the East op. 66, arranged for strings, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin concerto D Minor MWV O 3 a. o.
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29 Sept 2024, Festival of Nations

Pianissimo!

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Works by Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann
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18 Aug 2024, KKL Lucerne

Summer Festival 2024

Ivo Gass, horn
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Works by Falconieri, Vivaldi, Mozart & Coleridge-Taylor
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25 Jul 2024, Church Zweisimmen

Baroque'n'Roll – Trans-Classics III

Miloš, guitar
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048, Boccherini: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major (Extract) a. o.
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21 Jul 2024, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Magdalena Hoffmann, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Ouverture to „La finta giardiniera“ KV 196, Concert for Flute Harp & Orchestra C-Maj KV 299 a. o.
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20 Jul 2024, Rheingau Music Festival

Mozart Night

Magdalena Hoffmann, harp
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Ouverture to „La finta giardiniera“ KV 196, Concert for Flute Harp & Orchestra C-Maj KV 299 a. o.
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30 Jun 2024, Seoul Arts Center

South Korea Tour

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Beethoven: Piano concertos No. 2, 3 & 4

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29 Jun 2024, Busan Cultural Center

South Korea Tour

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Beethoven: Piano concertos No. 3 & No. 5

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26 Jun 2024, Seoul Arts Center

South Korea Tour

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, violin and artistic direction

Beethoven: Piano concertos No. 1 & No. 5

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