The countertenor Matthias Lucht first studied Viola at the University of Music in Mannheim. After a while he started his singing studies with Gerd Türk. A scholarschip of the DAAD (german akademic exchange service) enabeled him to continiu his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Howard Crook and Udo Reinemann. At the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis he settled his knowlege in early music with Andreas Scholl.

He is now a well known soloist and ensemble singer. Apart of his work in germans most reputated early music ensembles, like the Balthasar Neumann Chor, Musica Fiata, Cantus Cölln, Capella Angelica and the RIAS Kammerchor, he is regulary on stage as solist with varius reputated conductors. He sang under Thomas Hengelbrock, Andrea Marcon, René Jacobs, Ivor Bolton, Wolfgang Katschner, Alessandro de Marchi, Jos van Veldhoven, Thomas Fey, Konrad Junghänel Gottfried von der Goltz and Helmut Rilling. He was accompanied by the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Akamus Berlin, Lautten Compagney Berlin, La Cetra Basel, l´arpa festante, Heidelberger Sinfoniker and others. He was guest at the Innsbrucker Festwochen, Bachfest Leipzig, Händelfestspiele Halle, Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele, Pelerinages Weimar, Heidelberger Frühling, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Broadcasting-, CD-, and TV- productions are part of his work. Of special emphasis are a TV broadcast of Bachs b-minor Mass from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden under Thomas Hengelbrock and his solo recording „Die Welt ist toll“ with german renaissance songs, wich was highly recommended by several german Radio stations.

Matthias Lucht appears also on the opera stage. After his debut with René Jacobs at the Innsbrucker Festwochen, he was guest at the Staatsoper „Unter den Linden“ in Berlin, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in München, Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, the theaters in Passau, Landshut, Solothurn and Biel.
There he performed successfull the roles of Tolomeo (Handel: Giulio Cesare), Disinganno (Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno), Eustazio (Handel: Rinaldo), Pastore/Speranza (Monteverdi: Orfeo), Ottone (Monteverdi: L´´incoronatione di Poppea), Acheloo (A. Steffani: La Lotta d`Alcide con Acheloo) and Apollo (Britten: “Death in Venice”).

2014 he was part of a production of Händels Rinaldo (Eustazio) with the Lautten Compagney Berlin (Wolfgang Katschner) and he performed with the Balthasar Neumann Chor Handels Israel in Egypt at the Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival and the Salzburger Festspiele.
End of 2014 he was one of the soloists in the b-minor Mass of Bach in a tour of the Balthasar Neumann choir and ensemble with Thomas Hengelbrock.
2017 he was part of a CD production of Monteverdis „Selva Morale“ under Pablo Heras-Casado and he sang Bach St. Johns Passion in a tour with Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Chor and Ensemble.
2019 his 2 Solo-CD with motets of Monteverdi, Barbarino a.o.  issued by FraBernardo Records.
2022 he was one of the soloists in the b-minor Mass of Bach in a european tour of the Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble with Thomas Hengelbrock.
In Oktober 22 the CD „Venetian Vespers“ with music by Monteverdi issued by Deutsche Grammophone. The CD was nominated vor the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.
In 2022 he was awarded with the „Neustart Kultur“ scholarship from the „Deutsche Musikrat“.
At the moment he is preparing a CD with Solomotets by Isabella Leonarda.