Joseph Lallo
Joseph Lallo is a Lecturer of Music at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne, and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. He is the Artistic Director for Melbourne Saxophone and the Melbourne International Saxophone Festival, and was the artistic and programming assistant for the 2015 World Saxophone Congress and Festival in Strasbourg, France.
Joseph has performed with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra and was a soloist with Melbourne’s Pro Musica Orchestra performing Chu Wanghua’s Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra. Joseph is engaged to perform this concerto with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra in China in December, 2019. Joseph is a member of the esteemed chamber music ensemble Collide with cellist Yelian He and pianist Yasmin Rowe, as well as Duo Obax with oboist Briana Leaman.
Joseph has performed and given master classes in Paris at the Cité Internationale des Arts and the Théâtre du Châtelet, Singapore’s Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Saxophone Symposium and the Lasalle Contemporary School of the Arts, Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University, The University of South Carolina, The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium of Music and The Monash Sir Zelman School of Music, The Australian Saxophone Retreat, and The Strasbourg Conservatorium of Music. In 2019 Joseph has performances in the USA, China, Thailand, Singapore, and throughout Australia.
Joseph is a graduate of The University of Melbourne (Barry Cockroft & Ian Godfrey), the Bordeaux Conservatoire de Musique (Marie-Bernadette Charrier), and the Strasbourg Haute École des Arts du Rhin (Philippe Geiss).
An advocate of new music and combination ensembles, he has performed World Premiers by Jean-François Zygel, Tómas Gubitsch, May Lyon, Javier Muñoz-Bravo, Franck Tortiller, Mark Phillips, Aaron Gallagher, Keyna Wilkins, Luke Severn, the French premiere of Roger Boutry’s Concerto for Alto and Soprano Saxophone, and numerous Australian Premieres. He was featured artist on Australian composer Katy Abbot’s 2010 CD, Sunburnt Aftertones.
Joseph has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including a Research Training Program Scholarship for the completion of his PhD, the 2013 Strasbourg HEAR New Talent Scholarship, the 2012 Australian Arts Council Skills and Development Grant, the 2009 Catherine Grace McWilliam Bequest for achieving the highest result in his Bachelor of Music, the 2009 Donovan-Johnston Memorial Travel Scholarship, and the 2008 Rogowski Saxophone Scholarship.
Joseph is a Selmer Saxophones Artist and a D’Addario Woodwind Artist, and performs on Series III Alto & Soprano Saxophones, Selmer Concept mouthpieces, and D’Addario Reserve Reeds.
Performers
Joseph Lallo, saxophone
Briana Leaman, oboe
Yasmin Rowe, piano
Programme
Nicholas Russoniello: Werri Dance for soprano saxophone and oboe
Timothy Dargaville: Three Invisible Dances
Luke Severn: Little Birds of the Night for soprano saxophone, oboe and piano
Ross Edwards: Love Duet for alto saxophone, oboe and piano
Barry Cockroft: Blow Down
Astor Piazzolla: Escualo
featuring Odyssey Saxes
Justinn Lu, soprano saxophone
Mitchell Flynn, alto saxophone
Jason Ji, tenor saxophone
Kristie Thai, baritone saxophone