Recently described in The Times as ‘the cream of the new generation’, Joseph graduated with an MPhil from the University of Birmingham before studying piano on an EMI Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Dussek and Malcolm Martineau.  He was subsequently appointed the Hodgson Junior Fellow and on leaving the Academy he took up the post of College Musician at Pembroke College Cambridge and in 2008 a Junior Fellowship to the vocal faculty at the Royal College of Music.  His major competition successes include the Accompaniment Prizes of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, Kathleen Ferrier Awards and Royal Over-Seas League Competition.  He has also won the Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year and Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Awards.

Joseph regularly appears with the finest singers of his generation at prominent UK festivals including the Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Edinburgh (for the ROSL series), Three Choirs and Oxford Lieder.  Abroad, performances have taken him to Italy, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Germany and France.  He makes his North American debut with a series of concerts and broadcasts at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago during the summer of 2009 when he joins the staff of the Steans Institute and plays for the masterclasses of Christoph Eschenbach, Matthias Goerne and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.    Joseph has made live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and gives frequent recitals at such venues as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, St. John’s, Smith Square, the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Birmingham’s Symphony Hall and The Sage Gateshead.  He has been invited to programme a recital for Wigmore Hall’s Master Series in 2010/11 with artists including Lucy Crowe.

Joseph’s recent performances with singers have included partnering Sir Thomas Allen, Katherine Broderick, Sally Burgess, Allan Clayton, Ronan Collett, Katarina Karnéus, Andrew Kennedy, Anna Leese, Clara Mouriz, Ann Murray DBE, Robert Murray, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft and Stephen Varcoe.  In 2008 he was chosen to be the inaugural Pianist Scholar for ‘Samling’. As a keen chamber musician, Joseph has performed with Ruth Palmer, Alexander Baillie and Nicholas Daniel and will work with Emma Johnson later this year.

Joseph is extremely grateful for the financial assistance he received from the Wingate, Tillett Trust, MBF, Sir James Caird, AHRC and RAM Foundation Scholarships.