Luke Howard (musician)

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

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 the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack Or Musical Theatre Cast Album.[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

Luke Howard

  • Sun, Cloud (2013) - Mercury KX
  • Two & One (2014) - Mercury KX / Hobbledehoy
  • Two Places (2016) - Mercury KX
  • Forgotten Postcards (2016) - 1631 Recordings
  • Eighty-Eight Days (2016) - 1631 Recordings
  • Open Heart Story (2018) - Mercury KX
  • More Heart Stories (2018) - Mercury KX
  • Beating Heart Stories (2019) - Mercury KX
  • The Sand That Ate The Sea (2019) - Mercury KX

Luke Howard Trio

  • The Meadowlands (2010)[5] - Which Way Music
  • A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate (2013) - Which Way Music
  • The Electric Night Descends (2016) - Lukktone

Luke Howard and Janos Bruneel

  • Open Road (2011) - Which Way Music[6][7]

Luke Howard, Nadje Noordhuis

  • Ten Sails (2015) - Lukktone / Hobbledehoy

References
  1. Ford, Andrew (18 August 2019), "Pianist and composer Luke Howard", The Music Show, Radio National
  2. "Paul Kelly, Tame Impala Lead 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards Nominations", The Music, 24 September 2019
  3. Green, Ricki (17 August 2019). "THE SAND THAT ATE THE SEA: FILM SCREENING AND EXHIBIT BY THE POOL COLLECTIVE'S MATTHEW THORNE" (Press release). Campaign Brief.
  4. McBeath, John (29 January 2011), "Music reviews", The Age
  5. Mitchell, Roger (7 November 2010), "CD reviews", The Sunday Mail
  6. Shand, John (29 July 2011), "luke howard and janos bruneel", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. McBeath, John (25 June 2011), "Music reviews", The Australian
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