A thoughtful German pianist… straightforward and sensitive… rich with imagination and technical prowess…” (The New York Times)

Numerous concert tours have taken Gesa Lücker across Germany, the USA, China, and European countries, performing in venues such as the grand NDR Hannover broadcast hall, Yamaha Hall, and Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) in New York, the Wigmore Hall in London, and the Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai. She has given recitals, masterclasses, and lectures on several tours in China, including Shanghai,Beijing (Tsinghua University, China Conservatory of Music), Suzhou (Culture and Arts Center), Nanjing (Nanjing Arts Center) as well as in New York City, where she was a regular guest at the “International Keyboard Institute and Festival“ and at the Malaga International Piano Festival Spain, the Talent Music Summer Courses in Brescia, Italy among others.

Born in Braunschweig, Germany, Gesa Lücker studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, where she completed her concert exam under Martin Dörrie and Matti Raekallio. Further inspirations she received from musicians such as Arie Vardi, Fabio Bidini, and Jerome Rose. She is a prizewinner of the Bruno Frey Foundation, the Chopin Society Hannover, and various national and international competitions.

Gesa Lücker started her teaching career during her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover at the “Institute for Early Training of Musically Gifted Students” since its foundation in 2000, before being appointed in 2010 as one of the youngest professors of piano in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Currently she is also the head of the Piano Department at the institution. Her students regularly win prizes in national and international competitions and secure teaching positions.

As a regular jury member, she has worked in competitions such as the Singapore International Piano Competition 2020 and 2025, the NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition, the IKIF Dorothy McKenzie Award in New York, the Carl Bechstein Competition in Berlin, the Carl Maria von Weber International Piano Competition in Dresden, and many more.

Her CD recordings have been released by Genuin (works by Mozart and Prokofiev and Wergo (B. Heller). In 2027, a new recording featuring works by Robert Schumann and Luise Adolpha Le Beau, a German composer whose works Gesa has passionately championed, will be released by Etera Classics.