Luc Bergé | retired since 2021-2022

Luc Bergé
Professor Horn

Luc Bergé studied the horn at the Antwerp en Brussels conservatories. He graduated with honors under André Van Driessche and went on to complete his studies under the famous horn player Hermann Baumann. Luc Bergé was successively principal horn at the Opéra de Wallonie, in the Belgian National Orchestra, the Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest and I Fiamminghi. He has equally applied himself to studying the natural and the romantic horn, which resulted in several invitations from famous orchestras, including Les Musiciens du Louvre under the direction of Marc Minkovski, les Arts Florissants under William Christie, etc. Luc Bergé has several solo CDs to his name: "Chamber Music For Horn" with the Arriaga Quartet, Mozart's "Hornconcerto nr. 4" with Prima La Musica conducted by Dirk Vermeulen, the horn trios of Brahms and Ligeti, etc. These CDs received critical acclaim from the international music press. Luc Bergé pursues his career as a free-lance horn player. He was during 18 years the horn soloist of the Orchestre des Champs Elysées and the hornist of the Prometheus Ensemble.