Luc Van Hove (born 1957, Wilrijk, Belgium) is a Belgian composer of contemporary classical music.
Luc Van Hove received his musical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.
He studied composition with Willem Kersters and music analysis with August Verbesselt.
He is an honorary professor of composition and music analysis at Luca, School of Arts, campus Lemmensinstituut of Leuven and former professor of composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, department of the Artesis Plantijn University College of Antwerp.
He is also a former extraordinary professor at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts (President of the Class of the Arts in 2011), and Commander in the Order of Leopold II.
In 2010 he wrote a symphonic adaptation of Stradella, a youth opera of César Franck.
In general, his oeuvre shows a preference for absolute and instrumental music, and interest in traditional genres such as the sonata, concerto, string quartet, and symphony.
Traditional genres and forms are combined with modern techniques, and an interest in quickly evolving, dense textures.
Composers such as György Ligeti, Béla Bartók, and Wítold Lutoslawski had a noticeable influence on his musical style.
Techniques of variation and thematic development occupy a central role in his music.
Typically, whole movements or even entire compositions are constructed out of the constant variation and thematic reworking of one limited pitch collection, which is stated at the beginning of a piece, creating a strong harmonic coherence.
According to Van Hove, his "ultimate goal is to create exciting music, by building up logical and coherent networks of basically harmonic relationships, in which every second of the music can either point back or forth to other moments of the piece.
12 (1983); Trois Poèmes de Paul Verlaine voor sopraan, koor en kamerorkest op.
45 (2007), orchestration of Stradella (2011): youth opera of César Franck; Cantico di Frate sole op.
6 (1981); Tema con variazioni voor ensemble van 13 instrumenten op.
33 (1997) (string orchestra); Le vieux port de Marseille voor klarinet en piano op.
49 (2012) (for sinfonietta (15 instrumentalists)); Triptiek II voor viool en piano op.
29 (revision II) (2022) The following works have been published by Donemus: opus 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 (both versions), 57, 29 bis, en 58.