The Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which Abbado founded in 2003, makes its North American debut with its Carnegie residency, which runs October 3-7. The five-day event includes three full-orchestra programs, three chamber concerts and a performance as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (whose players form the nucleus of the LFO) with Pierre-Laurent Aimard as conductor/piano soloist.
The conductor for the first two symphonic concerts — the Opening Night Gala on October 3 and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 4 — has yet to be announced.
