Joel Munday
Violin, Royal College of Music
British violinist Joel David Munday performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. He has given concerts in Europe, America and Asia, and has recently had debut performances in Holland, Spain, Bulgaria, Serbia and Germany. While his extensive repertoire incorporates all of the major violin works, he has a particular interest in exploring lesser known and contemporary music.
Joel made his concerto debut at the age of 15, performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. He graduated from the Royal College of Music with a First Class Honours in 2022 and commenced a Postgraduate degree at RCM, studying with Daniel Rowland and Alina Ibragimova.
Joel appears often as soloist with numerous UK-based symphony and chamber orchestras. He regularly works with acclaimed pianists Julian Trevelyan, Thomas Kelly and Lucas Krupinski, the latter with whom he performed a number of highly successful live-streamed recitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, he formed the award-winning ‘Adeos Duo’ with violist Vanessa Hristova. Mentored by the Marmen Quartet and Maxim Rysanov, the duo are already regularly giving concerts in London and further afield.
Joel has participated in festivals including IMS Prussia Cove, Encuentro de Santander, Keshet Eilon, Bowdoin International Music Festival, New Virtuosi Mastercourse, Friend’s International Violin Academy, ISA University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Erben Geigenbau Masterclasses Munich, and Pila Music Festival Poland. He is a Young Artist of the Stift International Music Festival.
Joel has won top prizes at numerous international violin competitions, including First Prize and Special ‘Sofia Music Weeks’ Award at XXV International Competition Dobrich, Bulgaria, Erben Music Festival’s Scholarship Prize, Sponsors Award at the Pila Festival, first prize at the Royal College of Music Concerto Competition, first prize at the Two Moors Festival Young Musician Competition, third prize at Whitgift International Violin Competition and String Prize at the Gregynog Young Musician Competition.
