Joseph Puglia teaches at the Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands in The Hague, where he has resided since 2010. Born in New York, he studied at the School for Strings and Juilliard’s Pre-College division. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Juilliard studying with Robert Mann and Nicholas Mann, and received his Master’s degree at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, with Vera Beths.
Joseph’s versatility has resulted in “Voices of the Violin”, which explores a new approach to the violin, a “Berio Project”, with collaborations with conservatories, festivals and over 100 different violinists, and a study of audience participation through music of Pauline Oliveros and others. He has collaborated with musicologist Clive Brown on Brahms, works as a guest concertmaster with many ensembles, and performed with electric guitar legend Steve Vai. Joseph Puglia plays a Violin by Anselmo Bellosio, Venice, c.1785, belonging to the Karel Appel Estate.
Joseph has been praised for the “amazing, magical moments” he creates in concert, saying that “on the way home you notice that your ears have opened – even the familiar noise of the city sounds different” (De Volkskrant).