Amanda Gorman | Jan Vogler

Name: Amanda Gorman | Jan Vogler
Start: 2026-09-11T19:30:00
Location: KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne Festival

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The world held its breath in 2021 when the then–22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman, wearing a canary-yellow coat, recited her poem The Hill We Climb at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Her delivery felt like a blend of performance and sermon as Gorman sketched her own “American Dream”: “We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one.” She struck a nerve, responding to contemporary anxieties while offering hope. On 11 September 2026...

Program

Amanda Gorman - The Hill We Climb

Johann Sebastian Bach - Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello, BWV 1009

Amanda Gorman - Fugue

Amanda Gorman - New Day’s Lyric

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Participants

Jan Vogler

Cello

Lucerne Festival

Producer

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1 dates (11 Sep - 11 Sep)

Sep

Fri

7:30 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

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