Hannfried Lucke

Vice-Rector for Art / Univ.-Prof. for Organ / Artistic Director International Summer Academy & International Mozart Competition⋅Keyboard Department⋅Pre-College

Hannfried Lucke has been Professor of Organ at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since 2000. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg, regularly gives masterclasses in Europe, the USA, and Japan, and serves as a juror at international organ competitions. Since 2018, he has been Vice-Rector for Art.

Hannfried Lucke was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he received his initial musical training at the Freiburg University of Music, before continuing his studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and at the Conservatoire de musique in Geneva. He was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service and was awarded the Premier Prix at the Conservatoire de musique in Geneva, as well as the honorary award of the Austrian Federal Minister for Science and Research.

Concerts and radio recordings have taken him to most European countries, as well as to the USA, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. He has performed on some of the world’s most significant organs and appeared at major venues and festivals, including the Vienna Festival, the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival, the Royal Festival Hall in London, St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and Kyoto Concert Hall. His numerous CD recordings on labels such as Thorofon, Mitra, Carus, and Coviello have received several international awards.

In 1997, Lucke was appointed Professor of Organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, and in 2000 he accepted the chair at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. From 2016 to 2017, he also taught as a visiting (deputy) professor at the Freiburg University of Music.