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Luc Van Hove (born 1957) received his musical training at the Royal Flemish
Music Conservatory in Antwerp. He studied composition with Willem Kersters, analysis with August Verbesselt, piano with Lode Backx, and
music history with Kamiel Cooremans. He later also took advanced courses in orchestral conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and composition and choreography at the University of Surrey in Guildford.
Luc Van Hove’s list of achievements includes several composition prizes, including the Annie Rutzky Prize, the Sabam Belgian Artistic Promotion Prize, the Albert de Vleeshouwer Prize, and the Sabam Serious Music Prize 1993.
Luc Van Hove is a former extraordinary teacher at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and currently teaches composition at the Antwerp Conservatory and composition and analysis at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven. He is also a promoter and artistic advisor at the Orpheus Institute and a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts.
Luc Van Hove has commissioned works from numerous prominent organizers and performers. He has composed for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic Society, the deSingel International Arts Centre, Antwerp ’93 European Capital of Culture, I Fiamminghi, the Beethoven Academy, and Roel Dieltiens and his ensemble Explorations. He was also composer-in-residence at the Flanders International Festival, was appointed guest composer for the Week of Contemporary Music in Ghent, and was the featured composer for the I Fiamminghi in Campo festival in 1997.
Luc Van Hove’s oeuvre includes works such as “Carnival on the Beach” for orchestra, opus 17, Symphony 1, opus 25, “Stacked Time” for electric guitar and orchestra, opus 26, Triptych for oboe and orchestra, opus 29, String Quartet,
opus 30, Piano Concerto, opus 32, “Strings,” opus 33, Symphony 2, opus 34, “Kammerkonzert” for cello and ensemble, opus 36, Symphony 3, opus 39, and “Four Sacred Songs for Mixed Choir,” opus 42.
Luc Van Hove enjoys great renown not only in Belgium but also abroad. His work has been performed at the Midem Festival in Cannes, during the promenade concerts at De Doelen in Rotterdam, and at the November Music festival.
Furthermore, renowned international ensembles and musicians regularly perform works by Luc Van Hove: the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brodsky Quartet, the Arditti Quartet, the Xenakis Ensemble, and cellist Pieter Wispelwey.