Amelia Lukas
Flute
Powell Flutes Artist Amelia Lukas performs with “a fine balance of virtuosity and poetry” (The New York Times) and “excels at bringing drama and fire to hyper-modernist works with challenging extended techniques” (Oregon ArtsWatch). Recent solo engagements include her show “Natural Homeland” at the Alberta Rose Theatre and throughout the West Coast, and performances for Portland Japanese Garden, United for Ukraine, World Beat Festival, New Music Gathering, Siletz Bay Music Festival, Fear No Music, Friends of Chamber Music, Makrokosmos Project, Kenny Endo Ensemble, Portland Taiko, All Classical Portland’s live radio broadcasts, and on American Public Media’s Performance Today. In addition to her work with Lyra Trio PDX, she has featured in chamber music performance with the Oregon Bach Festival, Portland Piano International, Okaidja Afroso, 45th Parallel, and Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival.
Lukas’s career includes founding the “truly original… impeccably curated” (Time Out New York) multimedia chamber series Ear Heart Music, membership in the American Modern Ensemble, and performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Stone, Bargemusic, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Roulette, and New Music New York Festival. She holds degrees from the Royal Academy of Music (London), where she received three prizes for musical excellence, and from the Manhattan School of Music, where she was a founding class member for the Master’s degree in Contemporary Performance.
Amelia received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from former President Biden for her work supporting Ukraine and offers creative strategy and public relations services as the Principal and Founder of Aligned Artistry.