“The audience will surely understand that in this exceptional time we have to bring exceptional solutions in order to offer live music without jeopardizing the health of our musicians and of the audience members,” says the conductor and Grammy Award winner. “This said, we have put a tremendous effort to make those alternative programs exciting and interesting.”

A lifetime of experience

As he comes into his current role at the DSO, Luisi is in his ninth and last year as general music director of the Zurich Opera and his fifth year of a recently extended contract as principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.