Bio

Justin is a UK born pianist, composer and pop piano arranger. He continues to study classical piano privately with Graeme Humphrey whom was a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music 1973-2010.

He regularly participants in the 'British and International Federation of Festivals' and has achieved numerous trophies and awards including the Dorothy Bose Memorial Cup for the Most Promising Senior Pianist (overall), the Piano Pavilion Trophy for the Most Promising Jnr Soloist (x3), the Markson Trophy for Most Outstanding Piano Soloist, 2019 Essex Rotary Young Musician of the Year and 1st Place at London Regional Finals (Adv I) of the 'European Piano Teacher's Association UK' which led him to the national finals, recently he achieved a Gold award (open recital) at the Blackheath Music Festival 2022.

Justin is a Musicnotes.com Signature Artist where you can find his arrangements of pop songs, some which have broadcasted on BBC Essex Radio.

Recently his piano arrangements of 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons and 'Patience' by Take That were awarded the Best Cover @Track Music Awards. Additionally he was awarded 2 bronze medals @Global Music Awards 2022. In 2021 he was awarded a sliver and a bronze medal @Global Music Awards.

He reached the semi-finals of the 'Unsigned Only' Int'l Competition for his compositions and the semi-finals in the Int'l Songwriting Competition with his composition Fly. His piano version of 'Fallen' reached the finals of the Int'l Acoustic Music Awards.

 

 

International Music Awards

  • Intercontinental Music Awards

    • Winner - Best Instrumentalist 2022
    Finalist - Best Production 2022

  • Global Music Awards

    • Silver Medal - Classical Piano Recital, student 2021
    Bronze Medal - Fallen (Keyboard version), composition 2021

  • LIT Talent Awards

    • Platinum Award - Instrumentalists - Best Classical Pianists - Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op.26 No.1- Frederic Chopin
    Gold Award - Instrumentalists - Best Classical Pianists - The Lark
    Gold Award - Instrumentalists - Best Home Music/Video Production - Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op.26 No.1- Frederic Chopin
    Gold Award - Instrumentalists - Best Instrumental Artists - Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op.26 No.1- Frederic Chopin

  • Track Music Awards

    • Best Cover Awards - Believer by Imagine Dragons
    Best Cover Awards - Patience by Take That

  • International Sound Music Video Awards

    • Best Cover Music Video - Believer by Imagine Dragons

 

 

Most Promising / Outstanding Pianist Awards (UK Music Festivals)

  • Overall Winner The Dorothy Bose Memorial Cup for the Most Promising Senior Pianist - 16 yrs & over 2021
  • Overall Winner The Piano Pavilion Trophy for the Most Promising Junior Pianist -15yrs & under - 2018
  • Overall Winner Markson Trophy for Outstanding Piano Soloist (Age 14 and Over) 2018
  • Overall Winner Piano Pavilion Cup for the Most Promising Pianist 2016
  • Overall Winner The Piano Pavilion Trophy for the Most Promising Junior Pianist -15yrs & under 2015

 

 

EPTA - the European Piano Teachers Association, UK

  • 1st place award Berks/Bucks/Essex/Kent Inter-regional 2020 (Adv 1 Class)
  • 1st place award London Regional Final 2019 (Adv I)

 

 

Young Musician Awards (UK)

  • Overall Winner Rotary Essex Musician of the Year 2020 - District Final
  • Overall Winner Young Musician of the Year 2019 Trophy (120 entries) - The Rotary Club of Bishop's Stortford 2019
  • 2nd place award Trophy (joint 2nd) Musician of the Year- Milton Keynes Festival of the Arts - Apr 2021
  • 4th prize The Ongar Round Table award and Medal - Essex Young Musician of the Year 2021

 

 

Piano Awards Highlight

  • Over 70 prizes including 50 1st place trophies/medals in UK music festivals
  • The winner of the Laura Matilda Bacon Cup 2021
  • The winner of the Douglas Oates Memorial Cup 2021
  • The winner of the Alfred Music Shield 2021
  • BS Rotary Overall Intermediate winner Trophy 2019
  • BS Rotary Intermediate Piano Trophy 2019
  • The winner of the Eric Longhurst Challenge Cup 2019
  • Gold medal - Piano Solo Recital 14 & 15 years - Blackheath Music Festival 2019
  • The winner of the Thomas Butler Cup 2018
  • The winner of the Gwladys Pumfrey Memorial Cup 2018
  • The winner of the Agnes Bateson Memorial Cup 2018
  • Gold medal - Piano Solo Recital 12 & 13 years - Blackheath Music Festival 2017
  • The winner of the Akerman Orchestral Cup 2017
  • The winner of the Andrew Palmer Cup 2016
  • The winner of the Hibbs Junior Challenge Cup 2016
  • The winner of the Gerwyn Parry Cup 2016
  • The winner of the Margaret White Memorial Cup 2015
  • The winner of the Eleanor Button Challenge Cup 2015
  • The winner of the Honor Jackson Memorial Trophy 2015
  • The winner of the Hoffmann Trophy 2015
  • The winner of the Penkett Trophy 2015
  • The winner of the Mayors Pharmacy Cup 2015
  • The winner of the Intermediate Piano Challenge Cup 2015
  • The winner of the Jena Pang Rose Bowl Trophy 2014

 

 

Others

  • Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Award November 2019 for music

 

 

Composition Highlights (UK)

  • 2021 Semi-finalist- Unsigned only
  • 2020 Finalist- Int'l Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA)
  • 2020 Semi-finalist- Unsigned only
  • 2019 Semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition (ISC). Selected as one of the 11% out of over 18,000 entries

 

 

Played on BBC ESSEX radio

  • Rule the World' by Take That (Piano Arrangement)
  • Believer' by Imagine Dragons (Piano Arrangement)
  • I.L.Y/Canon in D/Wedding March medley (EDM Remix)
  • Feels (Own EDM Composition)
  • Solar Bounce (Own EDM Composition)
  • Fly (Own Composition)
  • 'Mr Brightside' by The Killers (Piano Arrangement)

 

 

Newspaper Highlight

  • Musician Justin hitting the right note with radio show
  • Overall instrumentalist winner 2019 out of around 120 competitors
  • Bishop's Stortford's 2019 Overall Winner of Young Musician of the Year (out of 120 entries)

 

 

Musicnotes.com Signature Artist (Piano Arrangements Publisher)

  • Signature Artist Page
  • Counting Stars
  • Mr. Brightside
  • Believer
  • High Hopes