Solent Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Steve Tanner                Leader - Kirstie Robertson

Thomas Luke

Our soloist on 2 October 2021

Hailed as a “trailblazer” by Steinway and Sons, Thomas Luke’s award-winning performances, widely praised for his exceptional musicality and sincerity, have been broadcast on national television and radio.​

Thomas was the keyboard category winner of the prestigious 2020 BBC Young Musician competition. His other competition successes include winning first place in the Junior Royal Academy of Music’s Iris Dyer Piano Prize, being selected to represent the Academy in the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe’s Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition and being specially recognised by the Vienna International Music Competition for possessing "outstanding talent, a remarkable musicality and a very accomplished technique".

With recent performances at venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Thomas performs regularly as a recital and concert soloist, as well as enjoying a busy chamber music schedule. He has participated in masterclasses with pianists such as Steven Osborne, Graham Caskie and Lang Lang. 2023 has seen him make history in collaboration with Steinway and Sons, performing the Spiriocast between two UK institutions.

Born on the Isle of Wight, Thomas began piano lessons at the age of four before continuing his studies with Eleanor Hodgkinson at the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London at the age of twelve. In 2022 he won a full scholarship to study at London’s illustrious Royal College of Music, where he is now a Margaret Mount Scholar. He studies piano with Professor Vanessa Latarche and regularly receives guidance from Alim Beisembayev. Thomas has been the recipient of the Richard Toeman Memorial Award for Young Pianists and a Robert Lewin Scholarship from Awards for Young Musicians.