Biography

Luca den Hollander is an Italian and Dutch pianist based in The Hague. He recently graduated with a First-Class degree from the Royal Northern College of Music (UK), where he studied classical piano with Professor Frank Wibaut.

Born in 2002 in Maastricht (Netherlands), Luca was raised in a bilingual family setting on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in Rapallo (Italy), where he began formal piano studies with Eugenio de Luca, a former student of Arturo B. Michelangeli.
Following his early training at the N. Paganini Conservatoire (Genova) he began participating in international competitions, including the Remo Vinciguerra Competition (Verona) after which he was given the opportunity to work alongside Vinciguerra himself, on a recording in the Fazioli Concert Hall.

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Luca has worked and played alongside exceptional musicians, such as Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Steven Osborne, and studied with a variety of tutors including Stephen Hough, Maurizio Baglini, Simon Callaghan, Kathryn Stott, Alexandra Dariescu, Bingbing Li, Hiro Takenouchi, and Richard Sisson.

He has performed in a range of venues around Europe, including Bridgewater Hall, St. James Church Piccadilly, Stoller Hall and Winchester Cathedral (United Kingdom), the Fazioli Concert Hall, Valle Christi Monastery (Italy) and the historical Hotel de Wereld (Netherlands). 

 

Despite being classically trained, Luca has had an interest in jazz since a young age; since his time at the RNCM he has studied with Dan Whieldon, Andrea Pozza, Steve Berry, and received ensemble lessons from Jonathan Blake, Walt Weiskopf, Ugonna Okegwo, Dena DeRose, Martijn van Iterson. This has led to solo and collaborative performances (Madeline Bell, Iain Ballamy, Sara Dowling); finally, following an invitation to perform at the 2025 Manchester Jazz Festival, he completed his first tour with his jazz trio.
He was also the first prize winner of the RNCM's "Principal's Prize for Improvisation".

Luca will be commencing his postgraduate studies (Royal Conservatoire) in September, under guidance of Juraj Stanik and Rob van Bavel.