Reuben Lewis

Reuben Lewis’s practice is both singular and eclectic. As an award-winning trumpeter, composer, improviser, bandleader and producer he has refined a diverse electro-acoustic language that has been lauded as “a vivid listening experience that gleams with sinister detail” (The Wire). Devised through trumpet alongside live processing with pedals and laptop, his music aims to play on our expectations and unravel all semblance of familiar form, and in doing so seek to create a new musical narrative that is “beyond category” (The Australian). 

His ensemble I Hold the Lion’s Paw was founded in 2016 with a goal to make genre defying work with a distinctly Australian musical identity. Recent projects include Lost in Place - a durational jazz-butoh crossover performance that premiered at Mona Foma 2023, and Imagination Exploration - a touring program devised in collaboration with Musica Viva Australia in Schools that focuses on non-idiomatic group improvisation for children.