Rob Luft is a multi-award winning jazz guitarist from London whose virtuosity has been compared to six-string legends such as John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia. He received the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Prize from the Royal Academy of Music, and won second prize in the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. His debut album Riser was released in 2017 on Edition Records and received wide acclaim in the European jazz media. In May 2019, Rob was selected as a BBC New Generation Jazz Artist. He made his debut on the legendary German jazz label ECM Records with the album "Lost Ships", co-written with Swiss-Albanian singer Elina Duni. This album was nominated in the "International Album of the Year" category at the 2021 German Jazz Awards. Luft's last album "Dahab Days" was released last year.
