Lucie Horsch also performed as a soloist with orchestras and ensembles such as the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Orchestra RAI, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, PhilZuid, Orchestre National d’Île-de-France, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Trondheim Solistene, Wiener Kammer Orchester, Academy of Ancient Music.
She performs at major venues and festivals such as Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein, Philharmonie de Paris, Kölner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Philharmonie du Luxembourg, Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Thüringer Bachwochen, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Festival de Pâques Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Musique de Menton, Festival International de Colmar, Violon sur le Sable Royan, KKL Luzern, La Chaux-de-Fonds, LSO St Luke’s, TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, de Doelen Rotterdam, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, SPOT Groningen, de Bijloke Ghent, Musikfest Bremen, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Unione Musicale Torino, Società del Quartetto Milan.
Lucie has worked with various musicians such as Ton Koopman, Thomas Dunford, Justin Taylor, Olga Pashchenko, Bertrand Cuiller, Rachel Podger, Plinio Fernandes, and Anastasia Kobekina. She has commissioned and performed premieres of works by Lotta Wennäkoski, Freya Waley-Cohen, Rick van Veldhuizen, Kate Moore, Reza Namavar, Calliope Tsoupaki and Rob Zuidam.
Lucie is an exclusive Decca Classics artist. Her debut album Vivaldi, featuring concertos and other works by Vivaldi, received the 2017 Edison Klassiek Award. Her second album Baroque Journey, recorded with the Academy of Ancient Music and Thomas Dunford, featuring works by Sammartini, J.S. Bach, Marin Marais and Händel among others reached No.1 in the UK Classical Charts and was awarded the prestigious Opus Klassik prize in Germany in 2019. In her third album Origins, released in September 2022, Lucie explored folk-inspired and traditional music from all over the world with dazzling arrangements of works by 20th-century composers such as Bartók, Debussy, Stravinsky, Piazzolla, Isang Yun and Charlie Parker, together with traditional tunes from the four corners of the world with stunning guest artists. Origins was awarded in 2023 the Edison Klassiek Audience Award. For her 4th album The Frans Brüggen Project, Lucie was given special access to the late Frans Brüggen’s unique collection of historic recorders transporting listeners back to the golden age of instrument making. The album is recorded with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, founded by Brüggen and features various composers of the 17th and 18th century. The latter album was awarded an Edison prize in 2025.
Born into a family of professional musicians, Lucie began to study the recorder at the age of five. Only four years later, her televised performance of Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No.5 at a popular concert on the Prinsengracht canal caused a national sensation. At the age of 11 after winning many competitions, she moved to the Sweelinck Academie at the Amsterdam Conservatory where she studied the recorder with Walter van Hauwe. Lucie is also a talented pianist. She studied with Marjes Benoist and Jan Wijn at the Amsterdam Conservatorium. She was a member of the National Children’s Choir for seven years, performing with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle and Mariss Jansons. Lucie is also an mezzo soprano. She completed a cum laude singing master’s with Xenia Meijer at the Amsterdam Conservatory as well as a masters’ degree with distinction in fortepiano in Olga Pashchenko’s studio.
Lucie plays on recorders made by Seiji Hirao, Frederick Morgan, Stephan Blezinger, Francesco LiVirghi and others.
