Luke Howard

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 and plays the piano in the Luke Howard Trio with Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums).

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 of a film by Matthew Thorne that looks at the opal mining town Andamooka, South Australia.

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. 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. A recording of the score was released by Mercury KX in October 2024.

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. In 2026 he co-produced, with François Tétaz, the covers EP Way of the World by the Australian singer Tina Arena, recorded in Melbourne.

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.

The Sand That Ate the Sea Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album

All That Is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) Best Jazz Album

All Of Us Best Classical Album Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. 2016 The Electric Night Descends Best Jazz Album

Discography Albums +List of albums with selected details Title Details The Meadowlands (as Luke Howard Trio) Released: November 2010 Label: Which Way Music (WWM007) Format: CD, digital download Open Road (with Janos Bruneel) Released: June 2011 Label: Which Way Music (WWM011) Format: CD, digital download A Dove, A Lion, A Coast, A Pirate (as Luke Howard Trio) Released: 2012 Label: Which Way Music (WWM018) Format: CD, digital download Sun, Cloud Released: May 2013 Label: Lukktone (LH001) Format: CD, LP, digital download Two & One Released: 2014 Label: Lukktone (LH003) Format: CD, LP, digital download Ten Sails (with Nadje Noordhuis) Released: March 2015 Label: Lukktone (LH004) Format: CD, LP, digital download The Electric Night Descends (as Luke Howard Trio) Released: 2015 Label: Lukktone (LH005) Format: CD, LP, digital download Two Places Released: 2016 Label: Lukktone (LH006) Format: 2xCD, LP, digital download Open Heart Story Released: May 2018 Label: Lukktone, Mercury KX (00602567041542) Format: CD, LP, digital download The Sand That Ate the Sea Released: August 2019 Label: Hobbledehoy (HOB056) Format: LP, digital download All That is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) Released: July 2020 Label: Luke Howard Format: digital download The Sanctuary (as Luke Howard Trio) Released: September 2021 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 Label: Lukktone (LH002) Format: digital download Note: Remix EP Forgotten Postcards Released: March 2016 Label: 1631 Recordings (MDC030) Format: CD, digital download Eighty-Eight Days Released: June 2016 Label: 1631 Recordings (4815524) Format: digital download More Heart Stories Released: December 2018 Label: Mercury KX (7720249) Format: digital download Beating Heart Stories Released: May 2019 Label: Mercury KX Format: digital download, streaming Note: Remix EP The Shadow (as Luke Howard Trio) Released: 20 April 2020 Label: Lukktone (LH007) / Hobbledehoy (HOB059) Format: CD, digital download