Summer-Festival: Fiddle Night

In 2024, “artiste étoile” Augustin Hadelich released his award-winning album American Road Trip, a homage to the country he now calls home. The recording embraces not only classical repertoire but also jazz and ragtime, country and bluegrass. “When I came to the U.S. more than 20 years ago, I immediately fell in love with the country — and with its music, which is itself a melting pot,” Hadelich recalls. Just how deeply America’s musical diversity has become his own native tongue is something he’ll demonstrate in Lucerne with his Fiddle Night. Joining him are two giants of the folk scene: Maggie and Mark O’Connor. Mark O’Connor has won three Grammy Awards — including one with his wife — and has been named Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association seven times. Collaborating with classical stars is nothing new for him. Now, the O’Connors appear on stage with Hadelich for the first time. In doing so, they echo Leonard Bernstein’s conviction: “I draw no distinction between popular music and classical music. There is only good music and bad music.”

Performers:
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Mark O’Connor, violin, guitar, and mandolin
Maggie O’Connor, violin

Program:
The program will be announced at a later date.

This concert has no intermission

Tickets from 24.03.2026 | 10 am (CET)