Luke Howard (musician)

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Luke Howard is an Australian composer and pianist. [1]

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Luke Howard
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Piano
Member ofLuke Howard Trio
Website lukehoward.com

A piano student growing up in Melbourne, he was encouraged to develop his first improvisations by his piano teacher, Nehama Patkin. Later he studied at the Victorian College of the Arts.

His album The Sand That Ate The Sea saw him nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019. [2] It is the soundtrack to a film by Matthew Thorne that looks at the opal mining town Andamooka, South Australia. [3]

Howard fronts the Luke Howard Trio with Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums). [4]

Discography

Albums

List of albums with selected details
TitleDetails
The Meadowlands
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: November 2010 [5]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM007)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Open Road
(with Janos Bruneel)
  • Released: June 2011 [6] [7]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM011)
  • Format: CD, digital download
A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 2012 [8]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM018)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Sun, Cloud
  • Released: May 2013 [9]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH001)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Two & One
  • Released: 2014 [10]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH003)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Ten Sails
(with Nadje Noordhuis)
  • Released: March 2015 [11]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH004)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Electric Night Descends
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 2015 [12]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH005)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Two Places
  • Released: 2016 [13]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH006)
  • Format: 2xCD, LP, digital download
Open Heart Story
  • Released: May 2018 [14]
  • Label: Lukktone, Mercury KX (00602567041542)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Sand That Ate the Sea
  • Released: August 2019 [15]
  • Label: Hobbledehoy (HOB056)
  • Format: LP, digital download
All That is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020)
  • Released: July 2020 [16]
  • Label: Luke Howard
  • Format: digital download
The Sanctuary
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: September 2021 [17]
  • Label: Lukktone
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
All of Us
  • Released: April 2022
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: CD, digital download

Extended plays

List of EP with selected details
TitleDetails
Night, Cloud
  • Released: April 2014 [18]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH002)
  • Format: digital download
  • Note: Remix EP
Forgotten Postcards
  • Released: March 2016 [19]
  • Label: 1631 Recordings (MDC030)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Eighty-Eight Days
  • Released: June 2016 [20]
  • Label: 1631 Recordings (4815524)
  • Format: digital download
More Heart Stories
  • Released: December 2018 [21]
  • Label: Mercury KX (7720249)
  • Format: digital download
Beating Heart Stories
  • Released: May 2019 [22]
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: digital download, streaming
  • Note: Remix EP
The Shadow
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 20 April 2020 [23]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH007) / Hobbledehoy (HOB059)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2019 The Sand That Ate the Sea Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album Nominated [24]
2020 All That Is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) Best Jazz Album Nominated
2022 All Of Us Best Classical Album Nominated [25]

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2016 The Electric Night DescendsBest Jazz AlbumNominated [26] [27]

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