Joseph Middleton: Chamber Musician and Accompanist

Recently described in The Times as 'the cream of the new generation' and praised by Bachtrack for being 'as classy a Lieder pianist as can be found anywhere in the world', pianist Joseph Middleton enjoys a busy and varied career as a chamber musician and song accompanist.

Born in Gloucestershire, Joseph graduated with an MPhil from the University of Birmingham before studying piano at the Royal Academy of Music on an EMI Scholarship. On leaving the Academy, he began a residency at Pembroke College Cambridge, was invited to become the inaugural pianist Samling Scholar, held Junior Fellowships at the RCM and RAM and joined the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago as a staff accompanist, playing for the masterclasses of Goerne, Eschenbach and Hvorostovsky.

Joseph's competitive successes include the Accompaniment Prizes of the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Richard Tauber Prize, Royal Over-Seas League Competition and Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Award. In Germany he recently won the ‘Best Lied-Pianist Prize’ at the International Schubert Competition LiedDuo.

Joseph has given recitals with internationally established singers of the opera world, including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Mark Padmore, Christopher Maltman, Katarina Karnéus, Andrew Kennedy, Toby Spence, Geraldine McGreevy, Janice Watson, and Jonathan Lemalu. He regularly collaborates with rising stars from the younger generation including Clara Mouriz, Sophie Bevan, Jennifer Johnston, Katherine Broderick, Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Ronan Collett, Anna Leese, Marcus Farnsworth, Matthew Rose, Anna Grevelius, Robert Murray and Catherine Hopper. Work with instrumentalists includes concerts with Alexander Baillie, Emma Johnson and Nicholas Daniel. He has devised programmes for Wigmore Hall (Colours of Spain), King's Place (Samling Residency) and in 2012 he will curate and play for a week of lunchtime concerts for BBC Radio 3.

In recent seasons he has appeared at major music centres including the Aix-en-Provence, Aldeburgh, Brighton, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Oxford Lieder, Ravinia, Three Choirs and Toronto Festivals. He 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, Bristol's Colston Hall and The Sage Gateshead, as well as venues throughout Europe, the USA and Canada. Joseph has made numerous live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, while his discography includes 'Elgar in Sussex' with Dame Felicity Lott (Champs Hill Records) and a CD of Spanish Songs with Clara Mouriz (Sonimage Classics). Recital CDs with Amanda Roocroft, Jonathan Lemalu and Sophie Bevan will be released during the 2012/13 season

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