Damien Luce

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Damien Luce (born 1978) is a French pianist. He studied with Billy Eidi at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris and with Herbert Stessin at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He also studied chamber music with Bruce Brubaker, Harvey Shapiro and Andre Emilianov, conducting with Laurent Petitgirard and orchestration with Alain Louvier.

Luce is prizewinner of numerous local piano competitions in France, including the French Young Musicians Competition (1991), the Leopold Bellan piano competition (1993), and the Claude Kahn piano competition (1994). In 1999, he took classes at the Villecroze Academy and in 2001 he took a masterclass with Murray Perahia at the Juilliard School. In June 2000, he was an alternate at the Aspen Music Festival concerto competition.

Mr. Luce has given recitals in France (Chopin Festival, Dinard Festival), Belgium and the US (New York, Aspen, Washington). His recital at the Montpellier Music Festival was broadcast by French radio and television. In July 2000, he performed Mozart's piano Concerto n°25 with the Conducting Orchestra in the Aspen Music Festival.

Luce's programs include Séverac, Liadov, Kirchner and Mompou as well as Chopin, Mozart and Schumann.

Damien Luce is also a composer. In May 2006, he performed his Suite Le Baron perché (“The Baron in the Trees”) for the French radio.

Luce also studied acting at the Alain De Bock studio, where he worked on authors such as Racine, Claudel, Marivaux and Albee, Ribes. In December 2006, he will direct and perform his dramatic dialog Presque trop sérieux (“Almost too serious”) in Paris and in Brittany.