Luke Howard (musician)

Luke Howard
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentPiano
Member ofLuke Howard Trio
Websitelukehoward.com

Luke Howard is an Australian composer and pianist, who plays in the Luke Howard Trio. Three of his albums have been ARIA-nominated. He also works as a record producer.

Early life and education

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.

Career

Howard composes music[1] and plays the piano in the Luke Howard Trio with Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums).[2]

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.[3] It is the soundtrack of a film by Matthew Thorne that looks at the opal mining town Andamooka, South Australia.[4]

Howard has collaborated with the Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes, composing scores for companies including American Ballet Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet and The Royal Ballet.[5] His score for Interlinked, a Nunes ballet originally commissioned as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, was performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival on 30 June 2024, the company's first appearance at the festival.[6] A recording of the score was released by Mercury KX in October 2024.[5] A second Nunes collaboration, Have We Met?!, was given its world premiere by American Ballet Theatre at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on 29 October 2025.[7]

Howard has also worked as a record producer. He was involved in completing Lost at Sea (2023), the debut album by Rob Grant, the father of Lana Del Rey, who sings on two of its tracks; the album was edited and finished from Grant's piano improvisations by Howard and Jack Antonoff and released by Decca Records.[8] In 2026 he co-produced, with François Tétaz, the covers EP Way of the World by the Australian singer Tina Arena, recorded in Melbourne.[9]

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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2019 The Sand That Ate the Sea Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album Nominated [10]
2020 All That Is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) Best Jazz Album Nominated
2022 All Of Us Best Classical Album Nominated [11]

Music Victoria Awards

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

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2016 The Electric Night Descends Best Jazz Album Nominated [12][13]

Discography

Albums

List of albums with selected details
Title Details
The Meadowlands
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: November 2010[14]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM007)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Open Road
(with Janos Bruneel)
  • Released: June 2011[15][16]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM011)
  • Format: CD, digital download
A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 2012[17]
  • Label: Which Way Music (WWM018)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Sun, Cloud
  • Released: May 2013[18]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH001)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Two & One
  • Released: 2014[19]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH003)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Ten Sails
(with Nadje Noordhuis)
  • Released: March 2015[20]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH004)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Electric Night Descends
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 2015[21]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH005)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Two Places
  • Released: 2016[22]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH006)
  • Format: 2xCD, LP, digital download
Open Heart Story
  • Released: May 2018[23]
  • Label: Lukktone, Mercury KX (00602567041542)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Sand That Ate the Sea
  • Released: August 2019[24]
  • Label: Hobbledehoy (HOB056)
  • Format: LP, digital download
All That is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020)
  • Released: July 2020[25]
  • Label: Luke Howard
  • Format: digital download
The Sanctuary
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: September 2021[26]
  • Label: Lukktone
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
All of Us
  • Released: April 2022
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: CD, digital download
Laulasmaa
  • Released: March 2023
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: digital download
Interlinked
  • Released: November 2024
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: LP, digital download
Galileo
  • Released: March 2026
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: LP, digital download

Extended plays

List of EP with selected details
Title Details
Night, Cloud
  • Released: April 2014[27]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH002)
  • Format: digital download
  • Note: Remix EP
Forgotten Postcards
  • Released: March 2016[28]
  • Label: 1631 Recordings (MDC030)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Eighty-Eight Days
  • Released: June 2016[29]
  • Label: 1631 Recordings (4815524)
  • Format: digital download
More Heart Stories
  • Released: December 2018[30]
  • Label: Mercury KX (7720249)
  • Format: digital download
Beating Heart Stories
  • Released: May 2019[31]
  • Label: Mercury KX
  • Format: digital download, streaming
  • Note: Remix EP
The Shadow
(as Luke Howard Trio)
  • Released: 20 April 2020[32]
  • Label: Lukktone (LH007) / Hobbledehoy (HOB059)
  • Format: CD, digital download

References

  1. ↑ Ford, Andrew (18 August 2019), "Pianist and composer Luke Howard", The Music Show, Radio National
  2. ↑ McBeath, John (29 January 2011), "Music reviews", The Age
  3. ↑ "Paul Kelly, Tame Impala Lead 2019 ARIA Artisan Awards Nominations", The Music, 24 September 2019
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 "Luke Howard". Faber Music. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Birmingham Royal Ballet at Glastonbury 2024". Birmingham Royal Ballet. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Have We Met?!". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Rob Grant on Lost at Sea". Dazed. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Tina Arena announces covers EP 'Way of the World', shares 'True Faith'". The Music Network. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. ↑ Lars Brandle (12 October 2022). "Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)". The Music Network. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, Roger (7 November 2010), "CD reviews", The Sunday Mail
  15. ↑ Shand, John (29 July 2011), "luke howard and janos bruneel", The Sydney Morning Herald
  16. ↑ McBeath, John (25 June 2011), "Music reviews", The Australian
  17. ↑ "A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate – by Luke Howard Trio on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Sun Cloud – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "Two & One – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Ten Sails – by Luke Howard & Nadje Noordhuis on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "The Electric Night Descends – by Luke Howard Trio on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  22. ↑ "Two Places – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "Open Heart Story – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  24. ↑ "The Sand That Ate the Sea – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  25. ↑ "All That is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  26. ↑ "The Sanctuary – by Luke Howard Trio on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  27. ↑ "Night, Cloud – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  28. ↑ "Forgotten Postcards (EP) – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  29. ↑ "Eighty-Eight Days (EP) – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  30. ↑ "More Heart Stories (EP) – by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  31. ↑ "Beating Heart Stories– by Luke Howard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  32. ↑ "The Shadow – by Luke Howard Trio on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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