# Luke Howard (musician)

Luke Howard is an Australian composer and pianist.
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 of a film by Matthew Thorne that looks at the opal mining town Andamooka, South Australia.
Howard fronts the Luke Howard Trio with Jonathan Zion (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums).

## 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 |

### 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 |

## 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 |
| 2019 | The Sand That Ate the Sea | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | Nominated |
| 2020 | All That Is Not Solid (Live at Tempo Rubato, Australia / 2020) | Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
| 2022 | All Of Us | Best Classical Album | Nominated |

### 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 | |