Events
Events Programme 2026
All events for the 2026 season in the programme overview.
APRIL
Sun, 26 April 2026, 3.00 pm
Public guided tour
Wagner experts will share stories about the life and work of Richard Wagner, as well as his time at the Landhaus Tribschen. The tour will be followed by a short piano recital on Wagner’s own Erard grand piano.
Admission included in the museum ticket. Tour language: german
MAY
Fri, 1 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Musical Journey Through Time’
Singers from the Prostir Choir
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go to the students.
Sun, 3 May 2026, 11.00 am / 1.00 pm
Lucerne Family Day
The Richard Wagner Museum is taking part in Lucerne Family Day. Whilst the adults immerse themselves in the composer’s world on a guided tour of the permanent exhibition, the little ones set off in search of the hidden ‘Rheingold’. In doing so, they will explore the house and rooms that are usually closed to the public. Wagner’s music invites them on an imaginative journey, during which the children can paint, play instruments and compose their own pieces.
For further information and to register, click here.
Fri, 8 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Of foreign lands and feelings’
Valeriya Kurilchuk, violin
Antoni Wojciechowski, cello
Dorotė Vdovinskytė, piano
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go entirely to the students.
Sun, 10 May 2026, 10.30 am
Lecture: ‘The Wagner Shitstorm’
When Richard Wagner published his anti-Semitic treatise *Judaism in Music* in 1869, it triggered a media storm. Within a short space of time, some 150 articles appeared across Europe – an astronomical figure for the 19th century. Contemporaries spoke of a ‘storm’ of indignation the likes of which ‘no written work had experienced for many years’. This unprecedented debate is the subject of the lecture by Nicolai Rhyn, who has been an assistant on the SNSF project ‘The Contemporary Reception History of Richard Wagner’s ‹Judaism in Music›’ since 2024.
Free admission.
Fri, 15 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Piano Afternoon with J.S. Bach and Schumann’
Lukian Gasser, piano
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go to the students.
Fri, 22 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘L’Art de varier’, concert-lecture
Artem Markaryan, piano
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go to the students.
Fri, 29 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Legends, Myths and Landscapes of the Soul’
Michał Krajewski, violin
Slava Guerchovitch, piano
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go entirely to the students.
Sun, 31 May 2026, 3.00 pm
Public guided tour
Wagner experts will share stories about the life and work of Richard Wagner, as well as his time at the Landhaus Tribschen. The tour will be followed by a short piano recital on Wagner’s own Erard grand piano.
Admission included with museum ticket. Tour language: german
JUNE
Fri, 5 June 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘From Melancholy to Idyll’
José Luis Rubio Reyes, violin
Alejandro Paz, violin
Sara Cuadrado Pérez, viola
Matteo Bassan, cello
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go entirely to the students.
Fri, 12 June 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘A Flower is not a Flower’
Guo Zhi Tang, guitar
Hon Ning Cheung, harmonica
Free admission. All proceeds will go to the students.
Sat, 13 June 2026, 8.30 pm
Film night: ‘Bernstein on Wagner’
“Richard Wagner, I hate you, but I hate you on my knees!” This famous line by the devout Leonard Bernstein illustrates his conflict between the pull of Wagner’s art and his revulsion at his anti-Semitism. It comes from *Bernstein on Wagner*, a film in which the conductor analyses his relationship with Wagner at Sigmund Freud’s home.
Language: English with German subtitles
Free admission
Fri, 19 June 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Inter Sonos’
Alba Valero, flute
Alba Alegre, percussion
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go to the students.
Fri, 26 June 2026, 3.00 pm
Salon Concert
The ‘Salon Concerts’ offer a variety of concert experiences in a unique atmosphere. The programmes are organised and presented by alumni and current students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Music in various ensembles.
Programme:
‘Between Lisbon and the Alps’
Rafael Frade, euphonium
Tiago Oliveira, Portuguese guitar
Mauro Resende, viola de fado
Diogo Pinto, bass
Free admission. All proceeds from the collection will go entirely to the students.
Sun, 28 June 2026, 3.00 pm
Public guided tour
Wagner experts will share stories about the life and work of Richard Wagner, as well as his time at the Landhaus Tribschen. The tour will be followed by a short piano recital on Wagner’s own Erard grand piano.
Admission included in the museum ticket. Tour language: german