Luka Lesson is a rapper, poet and recording artist of Greek heritage from Australia. Luka is a former Australian Poetry Slam Champion, has performed his own work with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and has his lyrics studied across universities and schools globally. Luka has toured with the likes of Akala (UK), Lowkey (UK) and Dr Cornel West (USA) and recently released two thought-provoking spoken word pieces 'A Letter To My Daughter' & 'What Will Become Of Us?', both of which cross the boundaries between rap, poetry, classical and electronic music.

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PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
Bleach* Festival (AUS) | Edinburgh Literature Festival | Splendour In The Grass (AUS) | 4ESYDNEY HipHop Festival (AUS) | Wanderlust Festival (NZ) | Woodford Folk Festival (AUS) | One Blood Festival (South Africa) | Sydney Writers’ Festival | Auckland Writers Festival | Hong Kong Literature Festival

PREVIOUS TOUR SUPPORTS
Nahko & Medicine For The People (USA) | Akala (UK) | Tiki Taane (NZ) | Dr Cornel West (USA) | Shane Koyczan (USA) | Lowkey (UK)

PREVIOUS MC HOSTING DUTIES
Wanderlust Festival Main Stage (NZ) | Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Australian Tour (Think Inc)

RECENT COMMISSIONS
La Boite Theatre & Bleach* Festival:

‘Agapi & Other Kinds of Love’ (2019)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra: ‘Macquarie’ Concerto (2018)

MUSICAL RELEASES
Antidote (2015) | EXIT (2014) | Perasma / Passage (2013) | Please Resist Me (2012)

BOOK RELEASES
Antidote (2015) | The Future Ancients (2013)

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