Luke Lewis is a composer, arranger and conductor.

Mainly instrumental, sometimes electronic, and occasionally both, his music has been performed and commissioned internationally by ensembles such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Esbjerg Ensemble and Orkest de Ereprijs. As an arranger and orchestrator in the pop world he's worked with artists such as Gaz Coombes, Katie Melua, Clean Bandit, Jane Weaver, and Richard Walters in collaboration with everything from bespoke chamber ensembles to the BBC Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras.

He studied composition at the University of Salford under Joe Duddell and later with Hans Abrahamsen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He also holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford where he was supervised by Robert Saxton and Jonathan Cross. For a time mentored by the late Steve Martland, Luke made the composer the focus of his doctoral work which was funded by the AHRC.

Alongside this he is Stipendiary Lecturer in Music at New College, University of Oxford teaching primarily composition, orchestration and music analysis. He is currently writing a book on beginnings in contemporary music and recently finished an article on the classical subdivision of Factory Records. In his spare time he plays jazz guitar in a couple of bands and tends to the garden.

Occasional tweets are here and a more regularly updated Instagram.

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