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Artist
William Joseph
12+ albums
pianoinstrumentalClassicalnew ageclassical crossover
about
Pianist-composer-performer William Joseph’s career began when he met David Foster, the 14-time Grammy-winning songwriter/composer/producer who has worked with everyone from Barbra Streisand to Céline Dion. “I went up to David at a charity event and asked if I could play his piano and he said, ‘Play something,’ I felt my heart skip a beat because I knew that this was my moment.” Suddenly, Foster signaled to his band to join in and began conducting them. As William tells it: “I’m playing this song I’d written and I’m thinking, ‘Please don’t mess up now.’ I finish, everybody started applauding, and it was like a scene from a movie.” The original composition stopped Foster in his tracks. Foster says, “I felt like I was looking at a younger, more talented, better-looking version of myself. A standing ovation later and I knew I had to work with him.” William’s sound, which could be described as ‘classical pop’ for its eclectic mix of genres have earned this young performer a growing legion of fans who appreciate the artist’s polish as well as the crowd-pleasing verve he brings to his live performances and to his most recent album Beyond. “When I sit down it’s purely about the music. I focus on the emotion and the melody, then go back and think about what this story is telling me.” This statement is how William Joseph describes the process of composing his music, and audiences connect on the same visceral level the world-over. Touring with the likes of Josh Groban and Il Divo, fa
