Since their foundation in 1956, the Festival Strings Lucerne have maintained a busy international touring schedule. They made their debut at the Salzburg Festival in 1957, in New York in 1959, in Tokyo in 1971, in Sydney in 1977 and in Hong Kong in 1978. In Europe, the orchestra performs regularly in leading concert halls such as the Vienna Musikverein and the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Philharmonie and the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.