Luke Howard is an Australian composer and pianist.
| Luke Howard | |
| Origin: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Musician, composer |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Current Member Of: | Luke Howard Trio |
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. It is the soundtrack to a film by Matthew Thorne that looks at the opal mining town Andamooka, South Australia.[1]
Howard fronts the Luke Howard Trio with Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums).
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| The Meadowlands (as Luke Howard Trio) |
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| Open Road (with Janos Bruneel) |
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| A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate (as Luke Howard Trio) |
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| Sun, Cloud |
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| Two & One |
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| Ten Sails (with Nadje Noordhuis) |
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| The Electric Night Descends (as Luke Howard Trio) |
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| Two Places |
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| Open Heart Story |
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| The Sand That Ate the Sea |
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| All That is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) |
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| The Sanctuary (as Luke Howard Trio) |
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| All of Us |
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| Night, Cloud |
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| Forgotten Postcards |
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| Eighty-Eight Days |
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| More Heart Stories |
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| Beating Heart Stories |
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| The Shadow (as Luke Howard Trio) |
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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
! |-! scope="row"| 2019| The Sand That Ate the Sea| Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album| | [18] |-! scope="row"| 2020| All That Is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020)| Best Jazz Album| | |-! scope="row"| 2022| All Of Us| Best Classical Album| | [19] |}
The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.! |-| 2016| The Electric Night Descends| Best Jazz Album| |rowspan="1"| [20] [21] |-