Luka Venter (they/them)

Conductor / Composer / Writer / General Fan 🌺
from Aotearoa | now based in London

@RoyalOperaHouse @GuildhallSchool

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Had a gorgeous time chatting with David Morriss from @radionz about my recent chamber opera for the @guildhallschool, and my current conducting work at the @RoyalOperaHouse for 'Picture a day like this'.

What a year it's been!

https://t.co/H45Y4xHpHz

#ContemporaryMusic #ROH

[British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @BAS_News]

We were so excited to help bring the world of the twilight zone to the stage at @guildhallschool #operamakers showcase.

Our ecologists welcomed composer @LukaVenter + librettist David Bottomley to research for their opera inspired by lanternfish, life and light in the deep sea.

[Meta Music International @MetaMusicInt]

Currently @LukaVenter is assistant conductor of @OrchestraWLG & newly-founded opera company @WellingtonOpera as well as a conductor at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra @NZSO Fellowship Programme where he receives mentorship from Principal Conductor in Residence Hamish McKeich

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Thrilled to have been a part of John Psathas' mammoth CupaSonic this past weekend with our @OrchestraWLG whānau and just about every other band in the city!

🥁🥳

[Jemaine Clement @AJemaineClement]

Someone must have captured this much better than I did, but this in Wellington today where 8 music groups along one street played one composition - using headphones to keep in sync. #CubaDupa

[RNZ @radionz]

Should te reo Māori be compulsory in school?

@RNZInsight ask people currently studying the language why they wanted to learn it, and what they get out of it.

🔗https://t.co/qstHwZ9zUU

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Just rediscovered this beauty of @BuniatishviliKh playing the stunning-beyond-words Georgian folksong Vagiorko Ma 😍

https://t.co/VaJo4Ioh54

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Super excited to be singing in Stravinsky's fantastic Renard this weekend with Orchestra Wellington!

Bring it on @CubaDupa ! 🦊

😘 https://t.co/7iQ8mltuSx

[Marc Taddei @marctaddei]

Tomorrow's music - NZ premiere of Stravinsky's Renard! Only with @OrchestraWLG for @CubaDupa #DontWorryAboutTheWeather

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

This work literally changed my life. https://t.co/NEVtoOtrsW

[SF Symphony @SFSymphony]

REVIEW: John Adams' 'Gospel According to the Other Mary' contemporizes the biblical tale https://t.co/f8VciveJTM via @mercnews / @helltweet

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Pretty stoked to be assistant director on two great shows at the moment and still getting to… https://t.co/h5ZkPi4h7x

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Angels / Peasants

Part of our chorus for the February #DaysBayOpera production of Eugene… https://t.co/ICgrKoyb72

[Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory @Laakkuluk]

Timiga, Nunalu Sikulu (My body, the land and the ice) - my women's march. #WomensMarch https://t.co/Q87gTU61mC

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

This @KristjanJarvi recording of works by @SteveReich is wonderful beyond words ♫ https://t.co/5dbtLO4nVa

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The landmark #ParisAgreement enters into force today—we must keep up the momentum to #ActOnClimate. https://t.co/Cyw5Udaoro

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Settling well into the lack of classes with a copy of the amazing Marianne Mithun's 'Languages… https://t.co/jYcpH0bmTA

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Still can't believe the #EmmaRice debacle at the @The_Globe. Immensely frustrating to be hearing about.

https://t.co/dMJA6EEj81

[Steve the vagabond and silly linguist 🇿🇦 @stevevagabond]

#funny #languages

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

@stevevagabond Catalan thoughhh! <3 :D

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

THRILLED that I'll be singing in NZ Opera's production of Carmen in 2017, as well as a concert performance of Berlioz' 'Damnation de Faust'!

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Just cannot stop listening to @SteveReich and his incredibly life-affirming music.

Get a load of this positivity!

https://t.co/Vqy4CdUdfs

[Luka Venter (they/them) @LukaVenter]

Finished filming for #TheMetamorphosisOfThomasOGrady

Feat. some glorious #NewZealand bush

sakaan123's photo https://t.co/fwZ8j9z5YE