Lucerne Festival shows solidarity
Lucerne Festival launches a solidarity campaign in support of Swiss musicians. The public is invited to submit their own interpretations of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Ambassadors include Cecilia Bartoli, Francine Jordi, Knackeboul, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Erika Stucky.
With the #SolidarityForMusic campaign, Lucerne Festival, together with its main sponsors, is taking the initiative to draw attention to the plight of freelance musicians and to help.
The large-scale charity campaign will run for 16 days. Each participant can film themselves or others interpreting Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". This can involve singing, drumming, clapping or rapping. The video will then be uploaded to the campaign website, where you can already discover video statements and contributions from well-known Swiss musicians and musicians living in Switzerland.
If you don't want to make music, you can also simply donate money on the website. At the end of the project, all partner contributions and monetary donations collected via the campaign website will be sent to Sonart, the Swiss Association of Music Professionals.
More info: www.solidarityformusic.ch
