Season 2024-2025
Subscription concerts with the Orchestre National de Lyon and the IMEP Orchestra, debuts with the Romanian Radio Orchestra and the CRR de Lyon, returns to the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden and the Crans-Montana Classics Festival, prestigious venues such as the Atheneum in Bucharest or the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.... Laurent Zufferey's 2024-2025 season promises to be an exciting one!
First of all in Lyon, where, after the successful last-minute replacement in December 2023, the artistic direction of the ONL has entrusted Laurent Zufferey with the keys to a spectacular subscription concert featuring Respighi's Feste Romane, Debussy's Iberia and Bizet's L'arlésienne. He will also conduct the concerts Mozart fait son cinéma and Le compositeur est mort before opening the concert in the Parc de la Tête d'Or to round off his second and final season as assistant conductor of the Orchestre National de Lyon.
In April, the Romanian Radio Orchestra has invited him to conduct a subscription concert at the Atheneum in Bucharest, with a programme that includes Camille Saint-Saens's Cello Concerto No. 1 with Razvan Suva and Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd Symphony, known as the ‘Scottish’ Symphony.
December will be an intense month, starting with Dvorak’s 7th Symphony as the highlight of the programme at the CRR de Lyon. Then, for his second appearance with the IMEP Symphony Orchestra, Laurent will conduct the world premiere of Michel Lysight’s Second Symphony, dedicated to him.
Following fruitful collaborations in recent years, Laurent will also be returning to the Kammerphilharmonie Graubünden in August and the Crans-Montana Classics Festival in January.
Another major return will be with the Basel Sinfonietta, who hired him for 3 projects as assistant, including Moritz Eggert's Fussball Oratorio and a tour to Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie.
Finally, the development of the Valéik Orchestra will take on a new dimension, with in particular the preparation of the opening of a new concert hall in Sion for the 2025-206 season.