Luka Mitev was initially trained in his home country by his father. He studied at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Marco Postinghel and did his Master at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin with Volker Tessmann. Luka was also a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was a pupil of Stefan Schweigert.

As musicians who have further influenced him, he names Bence Bogányi, Stefan Schilli, Dag Jensen, Giorgio Mandolesi, Andrea Zucco and Stefano Canuti.