A young man with curly blond hair and light facial hair sitting on metal stairs, wearing a black jacket and dark shirt, looking directly at the camera.

Biography

Joseph Graydon is a composer from South Wales, based in London. His work explores experiential ambiguity, fragile temporality, and perceptual instability through detailed acoustic writing. He is drawn to processes of erosion, resonance, and transformation, using silence, space, and duration as central structural materials.

Influenced by visual art, photography, and phenomenological approaches to listening, Graydon’s music creates immersive sonic environments that foreground shifts in perception and attention. His output spans solo, chamber, vocal, ensemble, and orchestral contexts.

His music has been performed and recorded by ensembles and musicians including EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, ICTUS Ensemble Brussels, Plus Minus Ensemble, UPROAR New Music Wales, and Darragh Morgan. His work has been featured at international festivals such as KlexosLab New Music Festival (Spain), Musiikin Aika Festival (Finland), and the Presteigne Festival (UK), and has been twice nominated for ISCM World Music Days.

Joseph is currently undertaking doctoral research in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.