Jo Ramadan began his music studies as a chorister at Chapel Royal St James Palace. After graduating from Durham University where he fell in love with song and opera, Jo studied at the Royal College of Music with John Blakely and Roger Vignoles.
He has been pianist for many masterclasses alongside Sir Thomas Allen, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Sarah Connolly, David Daniels, Anne Evans, Gerald Finley, Angela Gheorghiu, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Angelika Kirchschlager,PetraLang, Jonathan Lemalu, Malcolm Martineau, Ann Murray, Danielle de Niese,Simon Keenlyside, Lisette Oropesa, Amanda Roocroft, Brindley Sheratt, Robert Tear, Sir John Tomlinson, Sarah Walker, Roderick Williams and Lawrence Zazzo. Song partners have included Mary Bevan, Amanda Roocroft, Nick Prtichard, David Butt Phillip, Martha Jones, Kitty Whately. Jo has worked with conductors Gerry Cornelius, Andrew Davis, Bernard Haitink, Ian Page, Antonio Pappano, Michael Rosewell, Jac Van Steen.
He is an associate artist and Assistant Conductor and pianist for The Mozartists (formerly Classical Opera) with whom he has forged a strong relationship. Jo is also a Britten-Pears Young Artist and a Samling Scholar. Recent engagements include Assistant Conductor at DrottningholmFestival for Handel’s Ariodante and at Grange Festival for Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wigmore hall recital with Emma Roberts and Organist and Pianist for Curlew River at Aldeburgh Festival for Britten Pears and BBC, nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
