Over and above the many concerts it gives in the Auditorium, the Orchestre national de Lyon extends its influence throughout the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, in France and abroad by regularly performing in regional, national and international concert halls and festivals, and by organising international tours.
Festivals 2023
L’ONL au Chorégies d’Orange
Kirill Karabits / Khatia Buniatishvili
Orange (84)
L’ONL au Chorégies d’Orange
Carmen / Bizet
Orange (84)
L’ONL au Festival de la Chaise Dieu
Roméo et Juliette
La Chaise-Dieu (43)
Saison 2023/2024
Kaamelott - premier volet
Alexandre Astier
Halle Tony Garnier (Lyon 7)
Mozart / Strauss
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Basilique Saint-Bonaventure (Lyon)
L’ONL à l’Atrium
Le Carnaval des animaux
Tassin-la-Demi-Lune (69)
Mozart
Concerto pour flûte
Caluire-et-cuire (69)
L’ONL au Grand Théâtre de Provence
Le Carnaval des animaux
Aix-en-Provence (13)
L’ONL à l’Opéra de Vichy
Le Carnaval des animaux
Vichy (03)
L’ONL au Grand Théâtre de Provence
Toumani Diabaté
Aix-en-Provence (13)
L’ONL à la Philharmonie de Paris
Gautier Capuçon / Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Paris (75)
L’ONL à Bozar
Maria João Pires / Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Bruxelles (Belgique)
L’ONL à Bozar
Toumani Diabaté
Bruxelles (Belgique)
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
International tours have been an integral part of the artistic strategy of the Orchestre national de Lyon for many years. They help maintain its high profile and its rank among the top French orchestras.
2020 RUSSIA
The ONL’s first tour in Russia
2019 CHINA
– 11,250 concert-goers
– 7 cities – over 23,800 kms covered
– 104 people transported (musicians and technical team)
– 85 press articles
2018 GERMANY & THE NETHERLANDS
– Over 8,500 concert-goers
– 6 cities – over 3,650 kms covered
– 104 people transported (musicians and technical team)
2017 GERMANY & THE NETHERLANDS
10 concerts, 10 cities (including Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich and Utrecht)
2017 UNITED STATES
9 concerts, 8 cities (including New York/Carnegie Hall and the East Coast)
2016 JAPAN
7 concerts, 5 cities (including Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo)
2015 SPAIN
2014 EASTERN EUROPE
Vienna and Bratislava
2014 JAPAN
10 concerts, 9 cities (including Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo)
2013/2014 CHINA
5 concerts, 5 cities (including Canton, Shanghai and Beijing)
2009 NETHERLANDS & UNITED KINGDOM
2007 AUSTRIA & JAPAN
2002 GREAT BRITAIN
The ONL’s first invitation to the BBC Proms
1986 UNITED STATES & CANADA
The ONL’s first tour in the United States and Canada
1979 CHINA & JAPAN
The first European symphony orchestra to go to China
1976 GREECE, BULGARIA & ROMANIA
The ONL’s first European tour