Biography

Alphons Joseph is a professional singer based out of Kochi, Kerala. He is a music director and playback singer in the Indian film industry.  Alphons is noted for singing the famous song, Aaromale, from the movie, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, composed by AR Rahman.  He has had professional training in Carnatic music from Shri Mangad K Nadesan (AIR) and was a 7th Grader in classical guitar from London Trinity College of Music and 5th Grader in Western Music Theory. He took up music as a profession after he received the Kala Prathibha Award by the Calicut University in 1990 and 1992. He is the lead guitarist, vocalist and was one of the founders of Rexband, a gospel music band with a few albums to their credit. This band experimented a lot in gospel music by blending Western music with Hindustani and Carnatic. They were the only Asian band to participate in the World Youth Day. From 2000 onwards, he started working as a composer and a sound engineer in Asia-Net Radio 657 AM, a radio station in Dubai. He worked there after the release of his first film soundtrack and composed many jingles and title songs as part of his work. Alphons is currently pursuing an MA in Music. He is a permanent judge on the reality show, Amrita TV Superstar 2. He was a part of AR Rahman's Jai Ho Concert – The Journey Home.