Winner of the 2024 Australian National Piano Award, Joshua Han has been praised for “complete mastery of his instrument as well as complete empathy with the music” (Sydney Arts Guide). Joshua is an accomplished performer who has appeared with distinguished orchestras including the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and North Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He is undertaking a Master of Music Studies (Performance) under Dr Paul Rickard-Ford at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
An Australian-born pianist, Joshua started piano studies at the age of four with his mother. Since receiving his first gold in the Sydney Eisteddfod at six years old, and his Licentiate of Music, Australia (LMusA) at 10 years, Joshua has achieved considerable success in music. He won first prizes at the 2014 Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany, and the 2015 Aarhus International Piano Competition, Denmark. In 2016, Joshua received a Fellowship Recital Diploma from Trinity College of London at the age of 14.
Joshua’s recent achievements include first prizes at the 2025 International Piano Competition J. S. Bach in Saarbrücken, Germany, and the 2024 Australian National Piano Award, where he also received the prize for Audience vote and prizes for best interpretation of Bach, Chopin, and Mozart/Beethoven. At the 2024 Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition, Joshua received Second Prize, Concerto Prize, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Musicians’ Choice Prize and the Virtuoso Study Prize.