Joanne Lunn studied at the Royal College of Music in London, where she was awarded the prestigious Tagore Gold Medal. She is an internationally established artist, known and respected for her warm sound, impressive coloratura and attention to the words.

Joanne has worked with many distinguished conductors and groups principally in the early music field including Masaaki Suzuki, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Sir Roger Norrington, Christian Curnyn, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra among many others.

Her busy concert schedule has taken her to prestigious concert halls, venues and festivals throughout the world including among others Carnegie Hall, New York; The Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Washington Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; Philharmonie de Paris, Paris; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Palau de la Música, Barcelona; St Mark’s Basilica, Venice; DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen; The Sage, Gateshead, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester; Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham; and Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall, and Cadogan Hall, London.

Joanne features as a soloist on many recordings. Her discography includes Vivaldi’s Laudate Pueri with the King’s Consort (Hyperion); Handel’s Messiah with the RPO and John Rutter; Bach’s Wedding Cantata BWV202 with Bach Collegium Japan (BIS); and Mozart’s Requiem with the Dunedin Consort (Linn), which won a Gramophone award.

Concert highlights include Bach’s Hunt Cantata with Bach Collegium Japan in Tokyo; Mozart Requiem with Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Haydn Creation in Hereford Cathedral, Bach St Matthew Passion in The Netherlands, Coronation Praise in the Royal Albert Hall London, and Romberg’s Symphony of Saints in Lastingham, North Yorkshire.