Luna De Mol (°2002, Ghent, Belgium) started to play the violin with Fedra Coppens at the age of four. In September 2014 she was admitted at the Sweelinck Academy for Young Talent at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Prof. Coosje Wijzenbeek, where she is still studying. In 2015, Luna received a scholarship to study at the International Music Academy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, she regularly takes part there in intensive masterclasses, concerts and other activities. In 2014 she joined the renowned string ensemble ‘Fancy Fiddlers’, an ensemble that regularly performs in The Netherlands as well as abroad. She performed as a soloist with this ensemble and leads it since September 2017.
Luna won the Dutch National Violin Competition (category Davina van Wely) in January 2018 and was previously laureate of several other competitions such as the VLAMO competition (2012), the Breughel Concours (2014) and the International Grumiaux Concours (2016). Luna had masterclasses with a.o. Jenny Spanoghe, Guido De Neve, Marek Kowalski, Vadim Tsibulevsky, Coosje Wijzenbeek and the Rubens Quartet. She also got the opportunity to perform with great masters such as Janine Janssen, Rosanne Philippens, Steven Isserlis, Julian Rachlin, Boris Brovtsyn, Ramón Ortega, Andreas Ottensamer, Tine Thing Helseth, Anneleen Lenaerts ...
Luna regularly gives concerts both at home and abroad, as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She performed at a.o. the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, BE), Flagey Studio 4 (Brussels), Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw and Splendor (Amsterdam), Tivoli-Vredenburg (Utrecht) and at international festivals such as: Het Grachtenfestival Amsterdam (2016, 2017), Klassiek op 't Amstelveld (2015, 2016), Het Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Utrecht (2015), Les Musicales de Lubéron (Frankrijk, 2015, 2016), Arte Armanti (België, 2018) and the Next Generations Festival (Switzerland, 2017 and 2018). In January 2014 she was invited by the Belgian contemporary composer Jan Van Landeghem to create his latest composition for violin and piano entitled 'Dulle Griet'. In 2015 Luna was invited to perform for Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium and gave a live solo performance for the French radio station 'France Musique'. Also on TV there have been regular reports on Luna e.g. Man Bijt Hond en Karrewiet (één, 2012), Het Journaal en Karrewiet (één, 2015), Podium Witteman (NPO, 2016), BRAVA (2016) and Podium Extra (NPO Cultura, 2017).