Gaetan La Mela started his musical career at the Music Academy in Genk. He then continued his studies at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven, where he obtained a Master in Music degree from Mr. Ouitsits. At the same institute he also obtained a pedagogical diploma and a specialization in chamber music. He attended masterclasses with Rainer Seegers and Franz Schindlebeck (Berliner Philharmoniker).
Gaetan La Mela is one of the regular core musicians of the HERMESensemble and is a member of Belgian Brass.
For HERMESensemble he performed solo performances with music from, among others, Kaija Saariaho and Salvatore Sciarrino. Gaetan is a fixed value of HERMESensemble.
