Dai Fujikura at the Royal College of Music in London as a Charles Stewart Richardson Scholar supported by Joseph Clover Scholarship. His past teachers include Veli-Matti Puumala and Dr. Martin Suckling. Recent achievements include being a finalist in Royal Northern Sinfonia’s ‘New Year, New Music’ competition and winning the RCM Concerto Competition. Joel also took part in the Britten-Pears Composition Course 2017 and is currently writing a new piece for a workshop at Festival Mixtur, Spain.