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Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Frank Dupree | soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)

Name: Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Frank Dupree | soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO)
Start: 2026-08-14T18:30:00
Location: KKL Luzern Concert Hall

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Go West! To open the summer Festival, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra explore a range of “American Dreams.” First up is George Gershwin, who fused classical music and jazz so brilliantly that the old divide between highbrow and popular music simply falls away. His snappy Cuban Overture, inspired by a visit to Havana, practically dances on rumba rhythms. In contrast, his grand Concerto in F — which Chailly considers “the first ...

Program

George Gershwin - Cuban Overture

Composer

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Steve Reich - New York

Charles Ives - Symphony No. 1 in D minor

George Gershwin - Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra

Participants

Riccardo Chailly

Conductor

Frank Dupree

Piano

Lucerne Festival

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2 dates (14 Aug - 14 Aug)

Aug

Fri

6:30 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

Free admission

Aug

Fri

6:30 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

Free admission

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