Lukas Hövelmann-Köper is a composer, researcher and lecturer working across contemporary composition, philosophy of music and computer-assisted composition. His doctoral thesis at the Royal College of Music, London, develops jurisdictional diachrony, an account of how musical norms bind before they can be justified, tested through a composition portfolio that includes a string quartet written with a purpose-built constraint solver. He is the developer of two public OpenMusic libraries, OMATP and OMAO.
His music has been performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra under Yoichi Sugiyama, the Vacuum Quartet at the St Petersburg International New Music Festival, and in a commission from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. Under the sole adjudication of Unsuk Chin, his orchestral piece Quantum Vacuum won second prize at the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2018 and was broadcast on NHK-FM.
He teaches as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Global Conservatoire and spent seven years lecturing and mentoring in China. From 2017 to 2018 he was artist-in-residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai. He is based in Kassel and London.
Awards selection
- 2018Toru Takemitsu Composition AwardTokyo Opera City · for Quantum Vacuum, orchestra · adjudicator Unsuk ChinSecond prize
- 2018Deutscher MusikwettbewerbDeutscher Musikrat, Bonn · for Stück für Violine und KlavierSecond prize
- 2018Pegram Ensemble CompetitionBerlinFirst prize
- 2017Indonesia Orchestra and Ensemble Composition CompetitionJakarta · for Aku, orchestraFirst prize
- 2024 · 2020“Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne”Kunstuniversität Graz · for Faltungen (2024) and Balance on a Sphere (2020)Finalist, twice
Teaching
- 2025–2026Graduate Teaching Assistant, Global ConservatoireRoyal College of Music, London · course planning, lectures, assessment · L7 Music, Sound and Environment; L5 Music and Words
- 2017–2024Lecturer, ChinaRosso Fashion & Arts Education; SFK International Art Education; School of International Art · composition, harmony and counterpoint, musicology, computer-assisted composition, spectral analysis; portfolio supervision for UK and US programmes
- 2017–2022Consultant, ChinaVIP陪练; Leiqiai Technology; NAXI Music Foundation · curriculum design, digital platforms, computer-based sound analysis
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