He won the Prix d’excellence, (1982-1985) then attended Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst – Wien and holds a master's degree.
Ponet specialised in organ performance and improvisation in Toulouse (M.-C. Alain, X. Darasse, M. Chapuis, M. Radulescu)(1981), in Mechelen (Flor Peeters) (1983), in Haarlem, International Summeracademy for Organists (Hans Haselböck, Ton Koopman, Harald Vogel) (1986) and again in Haarlem at the International Summeracademy for Organists (Montserrat Torrent, Ewald Kooiman, Bernard Winsemius) (1992).
[citation needed] Ponet has held key positions including titular-organist, Basilica Tongeren (since 1988), organist-in-residence and Music Director, Landcommanderij Alden Biesen (since 1999) and city organist - curator of the organ festival in Leuven (since 2012).
[citation needed] Over the years he has recorded several CDs and has published a number of books and articles in specialist journals about organs and the organist’s art.
Luc Ponet prepares a doctoral degree with a dissertation on performance practice and the organist’s art in the prince bishopric of Liège during the first half of the 17th century.