Elisabeth Lusche is a trumpet player specializing in the performance of new music. Originally from Auburn, Alabama, Elisabeth now lives and freelances in The Hague, the Netherlands. Elisabeth is also a core group member, performer, and curator at Studio LOOS, a hotspot for new music, improvisation, and interdisciplinary artistic research in The Hague.

Elisabeth has had numerous festival performances including the Holland Festival 2019, the Grachtenfestival 2019 (at which her ensemble was awarded the Themaprijs and Oorkaanprijs), Rewire 2019, the Opera Forward Festival 2018, the Stockhausen Courses Kürten, and the Klangspuren Festival (Pilgerwanderung 2018).

In 2019, Elisabeth received her masters degree from the Royal Conservatory The Hague. As a student of Marco Blaauw in the Masterspecialisatie aus LICHT program, Elisabeth became an expert in the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen and starred in the “aus LICHT” production of the Dutch National Opera. This program was a collaboration between the Royal Conservatory The Hague and the Stockhausen Foundation.

In 2017, Elisabeth completed a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music where she studied under Robert Sullivan and Channing Philbrick. Elisabeth is also a proud alumna of the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar and the Darmstadt Summer Course.

Elisabeth has made community engagement a large part of her career - including playing with street orchestras Ricciotti Ensemble and Nevis Ensemble and working with the People’s Music School in Chicago, IL, USA. Elisabeth’s masters research project, “Embodiment and Empowerment,” centers around the themes of diversity and performance, and she has presented her findings in several lecture series, including at the 2019 Stockhausen Courses Kürten.

Elisabeth is a Van Laar Trumpets and Flugelhorns Artist.