Artist
Lucas Van Vlierberghe
Lucas Robert Van Vlierberghe (Antwerp, 7 March 1995) is a Flemish composer and conductor.
Van Vlierberghe graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in the composition class of Wim Henderickx and Bram Van Camp. Throughout his training, he was taught by, among others, Luc Van Hove and Alain Craens. He completed part of his Master's at the Estonian Music and Theatre Academy, under Helena Tulve and Tõnu Kõrvits. He studied choral conducting with Luc Anthonis in Antwerp and with Hirvo Surva in Tallinn. He also sang in the EMTA Choir under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste.
Van Vlierberghe attended masterclasses with, among others, Pēteris Vasks, Thomas Adès, Toshio Hosokawa and Michael Pärt. He graduated as a cellist from the Antwerp Kunsthumaniora. His cello teachers during his studies were Aurélia Boven, Ann Van Hecke and Marian Minnen.
From 2003 onwards, Van Vlierberghe was a singer in the Antwerp Cathedral Choir. In 2016, he was appointed assistant conductor to choirmaster Sebastiaan Van Steenberge and organist/music director Peter Van De Velde at Antwerp Cathedral. As an assistant, he was the choir's regular repetitor and sang the vespers and masses in the cathedral. Subsequently, together with a group of alumni of the cathedral choir, he founded a chamber choir himself: Ex Cathedra Antwerp, of which he has been the musical director since 2020.
In 2022, together with cellist Shuya Tanaka, he founded the Antwerp String Ensemble.
Van Vlierberghe graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in the composition class of Wim Henderickx and Bram Van Camp. Throughout his training, he was taught by, among others, Luc Van Hove and Alain Craens. He completed part of his Master's at the Estonian Music and Theatre Academy, under Helena Tulve and Tõnu Kõrvits. He studied choral conducting with Luc Anthonis in Antwerp and with Hirvo Surva in Tallinn. He also sang in the EMTA Choir under the direction of Tõnu Kaljuste.
Van Vlierberghe attended masterclasses with, among others, Pēteris Vasks, Thomas Adès, Toshio Hosokawa and Michael Pärt. He graduated as a cellist from the Antwerp Kunsthumaniora. His cello teachers during his studies were Aurélia Boven, Ann Van Hecke and Marian Minnen.
From 2003 onwards, Van Vlierberghe was a singer in the Antwerp Cathedral Choir. In 2016, he was appointed assistant conductor to choirmaster Sebastiaan Van Steenberge and organist/music director Peter Van De Velde at Antwerp Cathedral. As an assistant, he was the choir's regular repetitor and sang the vespers and masses in the cathedral. Subsequently, together with a group of alumni of the cathedral choir, he founded a chamber choir himself: Ex Cathedra Antwerp, of which he has been the musical director since 2020.
In 2022, together with cellist Shuya Tanaka, he founded the Antwerp String Ensemble.
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