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Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Participants in the Contemporary-Conducting Program

Name: Ensemble of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) | Participants in the Contemporary-Conducting Program
Start: 2026-08-22T21:00:00
Location: KKL Luzern Concert Hall

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Not quite as famous as the film Jaws but every bit as legendary: The Yellow Shark, Frank Zappa’s final album. In 1992, shortly before his far-too-early death and already visibly weakened by cancer, the American avant-garde rock maverick joined forces with the new music specialists from the Ensemble Modern. For them he wrote a virtuosic orchestral suite that blends newly created pieces with Zappa favorites like Uncle Meat and G-Spot Tornado. That ...

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Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark

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1 dates (22 Aug - 22 Aug)

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9:00 pm

KKL Luzern Concert Hall

Lucerne, Switzerland

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