Josh van Konkelenberg

Josh van Konkelenberg studied piano at The University of Adelaide and the Australian National Academy of Music, and then organ and improvisation with David Graham and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin at the Royal College of Music. He received the degree of Master of Music with distinction in 2012, and completed the Ph.D. in Composition (at The University of Adelaide) in the same year.

Josh was awarded the Walford. E. Davies Prize for Dux of the Organ Faculty at the Royal College of Music, and has been the recipient of grants from the Australia Council for the Arts and the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, an University of Adelaide Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement, and an Australian Postgraduate Award.

He was the Artistic and Musical Director of Co-Opera from 2017-2021, and has toured with Opera Australia as a pianist for their school’s production and regional chorus master for their touring productions. In 2022, he was the conductor for State Opera South Australia’s national tour of Love Burns and received first-class honours in conducting from The University of Adelaide in 2023.