About
Photography by Agatha Yim at Polyphonic Pictures
Joseph Lallo is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Saxophone Festival.
Passionate about performing new Australian music, he has commissioned and premiered over 60 works for saxophone, and his 2021 recording for ABC Classic was featured on both the ABC ‘Best of Australian Classical Music’ and ‘Swoon’ playlists.
Joseph is a member of the Australian Saxophone Quartet with Joshua Hyde, Mary Osborn, and Yo-yo Su, recently touring throughout Asia and Australia and recording their debut album, Echo Chamber. He is featured on Nat Bartsch’s latest album, Hope Renewed, a jazz reimagining of her ground-breaking classical release, Hope, and has just returned from the United States where he launched his new album, Traces, featuring all-new music for two saxophones and piano. Joseph performs with the chamber music ensembles Collide, with cellist Yelian He and pianist Yasmin Rowe, and Duo Obax, with oboist Briana Leaman.
Joseph teaches a vibrant saxophone studio at the Melbourne Conservatorium and is dedicated to fostering individual artistic expression and courageous musical exploration. He is a faculty member of the Asia Pacific Saxophone Academy in Thailand, and has given masterclasses throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, including the Eastman School of Music, Duke University, Conservatoire de Strasbourg, New Zealand Saxophone Academy, and the Singapore Saxophone Symposium.
In 2022, Joseph completed his PhD, ‘The Performer/Curator: Expanding the Parameters of Artistic Expression and Creativity in a Concert.’ His work explores how our experience of music can serve as a model for our connection with each other and the world around us, with recent performances including Sona Eterna, Sound of Water, Aubade, What is a City? and Her Lover’s Shadow.
Her Lover's Shadow Concert Poster
Collide (Photo Credit: Pia Johnson)
Melbourne International Saxophone Festival Masterclass
A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Joseph was awarded the Catherine Grace McWilliam Bequest for achieving the highest result in his Bachelor of Music. As the winner of the Donovan-Johnston Travel Scholarship, he went on to study with Marie-Bernadette Charrier at the Bordeaux Conservatoire de Musique in France, and later completed both a Masters of Saxophone Performance and a Masters of Orchestral and Opera Conducting in Strasbourg with Philippe Geiss and Theodor Guschlbauer.
He was the Artistic and Programming Assistant for the 2015 World Saxophone Congress and Festival in Strasbourg, France.
Concerto performance with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
Joseph worked as a conductor at the Strasbourg Conservatorium and as an assistant conductor for both Theodor Guschlbauer and Julia Jones. He was the chief conductor of the Strasbourg Saxophone Ensemble, and has conducted symphony orchestras throughout Australia and Europe.
Joseph is a Selmer Saxophones Artist and a D’Addario Woodwind Artist, and performs on Series III Alto & Soprano Saxophones, Selmer Mouthpieces, and D’Addario Reserve Reeds.
Photography by Agatha Yim at Polyphonic Pictures