Václav Luks began his studies at the Pilsen Conservatory and at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (French horn, Harpsichord). He then continued his studies with specialized research on early music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland in the studios of J.–A. Bötticher and J. B. Christensen in the field of period keyboard instruments and historical performance practice. During his studies in Basel and in the years that followed, he gave concerts all over Europe and overseas (USA, Mexico, Japan) as the horn soloist of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. After returning from abroad in 2005, he transformed Collegium 1704 from a chamber music ensemble that had already existed when he was a conservatory student into a Baroque orchestra, and he founded Collegium Vocale 1704.
The immediate impetus for their founding was a project initiated by Václav Luks titled "Bach – Prague – 2005" presenting the major vocal works by J. S. Bach. This project marks the beginning of residential collaboration with the Prague Spring International Music Festival. With Václav Luks, Collegium 1704 has quickly established itself among the world’s elite ensembles devoted to performing the music of the 17th and 18th centuries, and with his international artistic activities, Luks has played a significant part in the renaissance of the music of the Bohemian composers Jan Dismas Zelenka and Josef Mysliveček. In 2008, he founded the successful concert series Music Bridge Prague – Dresden. Since the autumn of 2012, Václav Luks is regularly invited at Prague’s Rudolfinum, where he realizes a concert series with Collegium 1704 that focuses on the art of singing in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Václav Luks has made both orchestral and solo recordings for the ACCENT, Supraphon, and Zig-Zag Territoires labels, and he has been invited to sit on juries of international competitions (Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Wettbewerb Melk, Prague Spring International Music Competition, Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig).
Recent and upcoming concert appearances of Václav Luks with his ensembles include the 2015 Salzburger Festspiele (also 2016), Berliner Philharmonie, Theater an der Wien, Konzerthaus Wien, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Versailles, Lucerner Festival, Chopin Festival and prestigious residences at the Utrecht Early Music Festival and Bachfest Leipzig. Besides working intensively with Collegium 1704, he also collaborates with other renowned ensembles, such as La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Dresdner Kammerchor or the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Most recently he conducted Leclair's Scylla et Glaucus at Kiel Opernhaus.