Claudio Abbado

Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it.

By Joshua Barone

A collection of 257 CDs and eight DVDs released by Deutsche Grammophon offers the breadth of Abbado’s approach, and its legacy.

By David Allen

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s musicians, split across 14 countries, are dependent on support from their local governments to make ends meet during the coronavirus crisis.

By Alex Marshall

The loss of two guiding lights has forced this event to take on new leaders as it tries to maintain its prominence in Europe’s classical music ecosystem.

By Michael Cooper

The conductor Riccardo Chailly has been named music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

By Michael Cooper

This year produced many deaths that stunned the country if not the world, in the fields of news, arts, sciences, politics and athletics.

By William McDonald

Times critics share what they’ve been listening to lately.

By The New York Times

Louis Langrée renews his contract with the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Michael Haefliger renews his with the Lucerne Festival.

By Allan Kozinn

From Bach in Leipzig to Strauss in Salzburg, festival season begins next month in Europe.

By Rebecca Schmid

Mr. Nelsons will conduct two concerts this summer with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra that were planned by its founder, Claudio Abbado, who died last month.

By Michael Cooper