Lucas Fels

Lucas Fels is a Professor for "Interpretative Practice and Mediation of New Music" at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts since 2013. As a founding member of Ensemble Recherche, he has premiered over 200 contemporary compositions and performed with the Arditti Quartet since 2006, recording complete string quartets by composers like Helmut Lachenmann and Peter Maxwell Davies.

• Education: Studied cello with Christoph Henkel (Freiburg), Anner Bijlsma (Amsterdam), and Amadeo Baldovino (Fiesole)

Research and Performance Focus: Specializes in contemporary chamber music interpretation, cello performance practices, and the dissemination of 20th/21st-century compositions through premieres, recordings, and educational programs at institutions like Darmstädter Ferienkurse.

Collaborations: Active in Ensemble Recherche and Arditti Quartet, working with composers such as Wolfgang Rihm and Mathias Spahlinger.