Lucas Blondeel was born July 1981 in Brussels. At only four years of age, he began to make music on the 19th century pianoforte that stood for sale in his parent's art gallery. He studied piano with Levente Kende and Heidi Hendrickx at the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, where he graduated in June 2004 with a Masters in Music with the highest distinction. He is presently continuing his studies in Berlin, at the Universität der Künste with Prof. Klaus Hellwig. Other sources of inspiration include contact with such personalities as Lazar Berman, Elisso Virsaladze, Dimitri Bashkirov, György Kurtag, Jozef de Beenhouwer, Wim Henderickx, Bart Van Oort and Jos van Immerseel.
At an early age, Lucas Blondeel was a prize-winner at national piano competitions. He was a three-time recipient of Cantabile prize and in 2002, a first prize-winner in the 'Emmanuel Durlet' international piano competition. In 2005, a third prize at the Arthur-Schnabel-Wettbewerb in Berlin and first prize at the Kurt-Leimer-Wettbewerb in Zürich followed this. At the Concours de Genève he won the special prize for the best interpretation of a Swiss work. In 2007, he finished among the best six pianists worldwide at the acclaimed Clara Haskil Concours in Vevey. He was also a semi-finalist of the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Lucas Blondeel has a vast amount of performances to his name. Since 1995 he has performed on the stages of Belgium, Finland, Singapore, Holland, Germany, Bulgaria and France. He has performed as soloist with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bradell Orchestra in Singapore, the Bulgarian radio orchestra, deFilharmonie (Antwerp), the Jeugd en Muziek Orchestra of Antwerp and the University Orchestra of K.U. Leuven with concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Ravel. Among the conductors he has worked with are Tuomas Ollila, Edmond Saveniers, Daniele Callegari and Georges Octors.
Alongside his solo career, he also enjoys chamber music, and forms a lied duo with soprano Liesbeth Devos.
Lucas Blondeel was awarded a scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben of Hamburg.