The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra is a European orchestra. It was founded in 1999 by conductor Ludwig Wicki. The orchestra performs live concerts featuring soundtracks written by notable composers for major motion picture productions. The orchestra performs in various cities throughout Europe, although most performances take place at the

Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre The Culture and Congress Centre in Lucerne (or KKL for ''Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern'') is a multi-functional building with a concert hall that is esteemed for its high-profile acoustics. It was built according to the plans of the archite ...

in Lucerne, Switzerland. Soundtracks featured in recent concerts have included songs from ''

Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's boo ...

'', '' Star Trek'', and the ''

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

'' film series. The 21st Century Orchestra helped record a live orchestral version on the album "Fairytales - Best of 2006-2014" with

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

band Sunrise Avenue In May 2017, Foreigner performed two sold-out shows in Lucerne, together with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Ernst van Tiel. Recordings of these concerts were released as "FOREIGNER with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus", available in CD, DVD, and double vinyl.

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* Swiss orchestras 1999 establishments in Switzerland Musical groups established in 1999 {{Orchestra-stub