He advanced very quickly and gained a place at the Royal College of Music at the age of 16, studying 'cello under Anna Shuttleworth and Joan Dickson.
Joan also collaborated regularly with her sister Hester, who is also a pianist, and remains a piano accompaniment lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Joan of Arc | Joan Baez | Joan Rivers | Joan Miró | Joan Crawford | Joan Jett | Joan Collins | Joan Sutherland | Joan Bennett | Joan Armatrading | Joan Littlewood | Joan Chen | Melissa Joan Hart | Joan Osborne | Joan Didion | Joan Berger | Joan Manuel Serrat | Joan | Joan Allen | Joan of Arcadia | Joan Robinson | Joan Fontaine | John Dickson Carr | Joan Mitchell | Barbara Dickson | The Passion of Joan of Arc | Sant Joan d'Alacant | Joan Blaeu | Saint Joan | Joan of Navarre, Queen of England |
Pupils of his who later became distinguished included Siegfried Palm, Miklós Perényi, Michael Steinkühler, Heidi Litschauer, Erkki Rautio and Joan Dickson.