Artist Biography Available in: Founded in 1806 and as Switzerland’s oldest symphony orchestra, it has gained an international standing and is perceived as one of the leading Swiss symphonic ensembles. The Luzerner Sinfonieorchester is the orchestra-in-residence of the renowned KKL Luzern. Strongly anchored in Lucerne, a city with a worldwide reputation for music, the orchestra offers a number of concert cycles and organises the Zaubersee Festival of Russian chamber music in Lucerne. It also acts as the opera orchestra of the Lucerne Theatre. The principal conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra has been Michael Sanderling since the 2021/2022 season.