LUNA DE MOL – BIOGRAPHY (2024)
Luna De Mol is a Belgian violinist who, at the age of just 23, has already established herself as one of the most distinguished musicians of her generation. She is sought-after as both a soloist and a chamber musician.
This season, Luna will debut at multiple renowned venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Philharmonie in Paris, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Flagey in Brussels and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
She also recently performed in, among others, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Nicolini in Florence, Aula Magna in Rome, Auditorio Sony in Madrid, The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh and Wigmore Hall in London.
She is also looking forward to various projects in which she will perform exciting repertoire as a soloist with esteemed orchestras.
In the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Luna was a fellow at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago (USA), under the artistic direction of Miriam Fried en Midori. She performed dozens of concerts at the festival as both a soloist and a chamber musician, and had the chance to work with the likes of Miriam Fried, Midori, Donald Weilerstein, Mark Steinberg, Marc-André Hamelin, Julian Martin, Atar Arad, Kim Kashkashian, Mihaela Martin, Frans Helmerson, Clive Greensmith and others.
She was also “in residence” at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad and attended the prestigious IMS Prussia Cove.
She has performed with respected artists such as Janine Jansen, Steven Isserlis, Julian Rachlin, Boris Brovtsyn, Ramón Ortega, Andreas Ottensamer, Tine Thing Helseth en Anneleen Lenaerts.
Luna is a founding member of the Fibonacci Quartet, one of the most prominent young string quartets on the international stage.
In 2024, the quartet was the first ever ensemble to win both the First and Audience Prize at the famous Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Around the same time they also joined YCAT in London for general management.
In addition to an intensive touring schedule, the quartet is also “Quartet in Residence” at both the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, where Luna provides both violin lessons and chamber music coachings to Bachelor’s and Master’s students in this capacity.
Luna started her violin studies with Fedra Coppens (Villa Viola). At the age of 12, she joined the class of the late Prof. Coosje Wijzenbeek at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. During this time she joined and later lead the internationally acclaimed ensemble “Fancy Fiddlers” and studied as a bursary student at the Internationale Musikakademie in Liechtenstein.
Merely three years later, she was accepted to the class of David Takeno (Eugène Ysaÿe International Chair of Violin) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she completed her studies with the “Chairman’s Prize” for highest graduating marks across the whole institution.
In addition to modern violin, Luna also studied baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk and classical improvisation with David Dolan. She is currently still active as a baroque violinist and has performed with Bjarte Eike & the Barokksolisten, Le Foyer des Artistes and the Academy of Ancient Music, among others.
As a soloist, Luna won the Dutch Violin Competition “Davina Van Wely” and was a winner and laureate of multiple international competitions. As a result of these successes she was added to the European Union of Music Competitions (EMCY) database.
Luna’s playing has been broadcast on international radio and television many times, including performances on France Musique, BBC Radio 3, Deutschlandradio, Bayerische Rundfunk, Dutch Concert Radio, Podium Witteman, Podium Klassiek en Podium Extra.
Luna is one of Klara’s ‘Twintigers’ in 2026.
Luna is grateful for the support of the Drake Calleja Trust, the Hattori Foundation, the Countess of Munster Trust, the John & Marine Fentener van Vlissingen Foundation, the Herman Krebbers Foundation, the Albert Cooper Trust, Jean & Isabelle and SWUK.
She currently plays a beautiful Giuseppe Rocca violin from 1836, on loan from the Tompkins Tate Musical Instrument Trust.
Overview
2006 – Starts playing the violin, aged 4
2014 – Studies at the Amsterdam University of the Art’s programme for exceptionally gifted young musicians
2014 – Joins the string ensemble ‘Fancy Fiddlers’
2018 – Wins 1st Prize at the Dutch National Violin Competition (category Davina van Wely)
2019 – Starts Bachelor studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK in the class of David Takeno and founds the Fibonacci Quartet
2020 – Fibonacci String Quartet win 1st prize and audience prize at the Beethoven Competition for Young Musicians in London and 1st prize at the Saint James Chamber Music competition in London.
2021 – Fibonacci String Quartet wins First Prize at the International “Triomphe de l’Art” Chamber Music Competition in Brussels.
2022 – Fibonacci String Quartet gets the Audience Prize at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog
2023 – Fibonacci String Quartet wins 1st prizes in the Royal Overseas League International Competition and in the CAVATINA chamber music competition
– receives the “Chairman’s Prize” for the highest achieved overall mark at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
– is in summer in residence at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and Festival in Chicago, USA and as well as an artist at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaat, CH.
2024 – Fibonacci string quartet is chosen by YCAT to join its roster of young artists in 2024.
– Fibonacci string quartet receives both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 13th ‘Premio Paolo Borciani’ International String Quartet Competition.
2025 – Fibonacci string quartet is chosen to teach at the Royal Academy of Music in their position as Nina Drucker Fellows.