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Lucien was born in 1964 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. At the age of 15 he started his musical career studying the classical guitar. He decided to switch to electric bass after hearing Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report at a concert in Amsterdam.
In the eighties Lucien was a member of Tilt, a band that was especially successful accompanying a variety of Dutch artists such as Lee Towers and Anita Meijer. During the same period Lucien joined the theatre group Teklin as an actor and multi-instrumentalist.
After a two-year intermezzo in the nineties studying urban planning at the University of Nijmegen, Lucien decided to devote his professional life to music. He graduated in light music for double bass and electric bass at the Conservatory of Arnhem in 1995. Lucien attended masterclasses with Marc Johnson, John Clayton, Hein van de Geyn, Renaud Garcia-Fons, David Friesen and Jesper Lundgaard.
Lucien co-founded the Henning Wolter Trio in 1991 (Henning Wolter on keys and Marcel van Cleef on drums). The trio is still active in jazz clubs and festivals in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Originally inspired by the Keith Jarrett Trio and the Bill Evans Trio, they soon evolved their own sound. The Henning Wolter Trio has released six albums: Voyager (1996), Two Faces (1998), Years of a Trilogy (2001), Plan X (2004), Illusion (2005) and Le Grand Spectacle (2008).
Lucien’s international experience also includes performances in cities such as Los Angeles, Tokyo and Seoul with the rock band Terra Nova. In recent years Lucien has been a regular presence in the jazz scene, collaborating with musicians including Eric Vloeimans, Gerd Dudek, John Engels, Masha Bijlsma, Bobby Gantt, Michiel Braam, Frank Nielander, Jeroen Doomernik, Willem Kuhne, Pierre Courbois and many others.