Lukas Huisman
Biography Lukas Huisman
Lukas Huisman
(born 1987) studied with Daan Vandewalle at the Ghent Faculty of Music, where he graduated summa cum laude. He received the De Blonde-Torck prize as the most deserving student and attended master classes with Ian Pace (Ferneyhough, Finnissy), Jonathan Powell (Sorabji, Xenakis, Ferneyhough, Finnissy), Geoffrey Douglas Madge (Sorabji, Xenakis), Ciro Longobardi (Scriabin), Daniel Rivera (Busoni), Anna Schott (Brahms), and Carlo Mazzoli (Messiaen). From 2012 to 2016 he worked on an artistic doctoral project relating to contemporary complex solo piano music (Ferneyhough, Finnissy, Xenakis, Sorabji) at the School of Arts Ghent/University Ghent.
Lukas mainly performs contemporary music, with particular attention to the little-known composer K. S. Sorabji. This brought him into contact with various performers of Sorabji’s work. He worked on several international projects, aimed at making the manuscripts of this little-performed composer more accessible. This already resulted in the publication of scores as 100 Transcendental Studies, 104 Frammenti Aforistici, Opus Secretum, 4 Frammenti Aforistici, and the Symphonic Nocturne and a recording of the latter work, a monumental piece for solo piano, lasting over two hours. It received a 5* review on Piano International (Agora Classica). You will find more information on the site of The Sorabji Archive.
Recently he was able to start a post-doctoral research project at the School of Arts Ghent with as focus the fusion of eastern and western sound worlds in the works for piano of Japanese composers in the last 50 years. His recording of the complete piano works by Takemitsu is the first artistic output and received a 5* review on WDR3, a 4* review on BBC Music Magazine, and was nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Lukas often plays creations of new music, like the two Piano Trios, the 12 Études for piano duo and the complete works for piano solo by Jeroen De Brauwer, chamber music by Hans Roels (BE and UK), Evert Bogaert and Susan Clynes, and solo piano and chamber music pieces by Alfred Vorster (CH and SA). Together with Ivo Delaere he forms the Simplexity piano duo. With Patrick Housen(live electronics) he forms Graphology. He is the pianist of the Warped Time ensemble, and, with Tine Allegaert formed the Tinnitus piano duo. He took chamber music classes with Filip Rathé, Kris Deprey, and Patrick Beuckels. At the Orpheus Institute, he and Ivo Delaere are taking chamber music master classes about Brahms and Finnissy with Piet Kuijken, Piet Van Bockstal, Paul De Clerck and France Springuel.
