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Lotte Betts-Dean

@lottebettsdean.bsky.social

singer of allsorts | represented worldwide by Askonas Holt | Ambassador of Donne UK | Associate Royal Academy of Music | 2024 Young Artist Winner - Royal Philharmonic Society www.lottebettsdean.com

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Luke Abbott, Lotte Betts-Dean and Jack Wyllie Tickets | From Β£15.58 | 25 May @ SJQ, London | DICE A release party for Luke Abbott, Lotte Betts-Dean and Jack Wyllie's 'Endless Joy' (SU019), out May 23. Support from Richard Pike performing with JQ as a duo,...

Will be playing SJQ on the 25th May w/ @hiimjq.bsky.social & @richardpike.bsky.social for the release of @lukeabbott.bsky.social, @lottebettsdean.bsky.social & Jack Wyllie's new album 'Endless Joy' on Salmon Universe. Perfect bank holiday weekend gig if you're in/around London that weekend...

19.04.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next gig is in London this Thursday! Messiaen’s HARAWI with Jo Havlat, in preparation for our performance at NNF next month. 6.30pm at Jo’s series at the gorgeous St Jude’s Balham. Tix are pay what u want at the door!

21.04.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 days left to listen to this πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

12.04.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Buzz! - Lotte Betts-Dean, Brett Dean & Iain Burnside Music event in Ludlow, United Kingdom by Ludlow English Song Weekend on Saturday, April 12 2025

Tonight at Ludlow English Song Weekendβ€” a cornucopia of glorious English songs for mezzo, viola and piano (and combinations thereof) with Brett and Iain Burnside. Always a joy to share the stage with my dad, and this evening will be a special one! facebook.com/events/s/buz...

12.04.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing….

β€’ everything you’ve ever lived β€’

SO excited to share the cover + title of my next album with @delphianrecords.com, a duo disc with Dimitris Soukaras - coming this September!
Art by my brilliant mother Heather Betts, photo by Nik Matiushev, design by Delphian’s Will Coates-Gibson ✨

09.04.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@lottebettsdean.bsky.social debuts at New Music Dublin performing the world premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's Agency.

Full details here: buff.ly/uOpk4rJ

04.04.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight sees @lottebettsdean.bsky.social debut with the London Sinfonietta performing Berio's Folk Songs.

Full details here: buff.ly/Jn5WwV9

03.04.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BRITTEN Canticles RAINIER Cycle for Declamation Here’s a classy new rendering of Britten’s...

Lovely review in Gramophone of James Way’s Britten Canticles album on @delphianrecords.com - β€œβ€¦Way’s partnership with the eloquent Australian mezzo-soprano effortlessly generates a keen dramatic instinct…
this issue should not be missed.”
www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/revi...

24.03.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 3 - This Classical Life, Jess Gillam with....Lotte Betts-Dean Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with vocalist Lotte Betts-Dean

It was lovely to record another ep of Radio 3’s This Classical Life, broadcast last Saturday. You can listen to it for another 24 days hereπŸ‘‡πŸΌor via @bbcsounds.bsky.social. I brought some Donnacha Dennehy, Cassandra Miller, Caetano Veloso & The Supremes covering Joni. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

21.03.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

TONIGHT at Stone Nest!!!

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This Classical Life - Jess Gillam with....Lotte Betts-Dean - BBC Sounds Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with vocalist Lotte Betts-Dean

A joyful and uplifting chat about what makes music great, and what it's like to set up camp in the spaces between genres πŸŽͺ

@lottebettsdean.bsky.social chats to Jess Gillam in This Classical Life, featuring @stuartmacrae.bsky.social (and some cracking Telemann, too)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

20.03.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is extremely kind thank you!!!

17.03.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of One Blood

Totally beside myself to be returning to Bayerische Staatsoper next season for something v special (and personal!) β€” Brett Dean’s third opera, Of One Blood🩸
Libretto by Heather Betts (!), Claus Guth directs, Jurowski conducts. May 10-25 and June 27/29.
www.staatsoper.de/en/productio...

17.03.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this thursday // arias reimagined ✨

experience reimagined handel arias through live electronics and bold new interpretations.

ft. @lottebettsdean.bsky.social + Xiaowen Shang, Lore Lixenberg + Lore Amenabar LarraΓ±aga, and Bianca Scout πŸ’₯

20 march at stone nest πŸ‘‰ www.stonenest.org/events/noncl...

17.03.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Translations of the Night: a concert and pre-concert talk Maurice Ravel’s Chansons madΓ©casses of 1925 set poetry from 1878 by the French poet Γ‰variste de Parny. Ravel’s setting was controversial at the time due to the anti-colonial central poem Aoua! and

Coming to Cambridge Festival with Marsyas Trio and a brand new Ewan Campbell cycle next Weds Eve, with a pre-concert talk about the process of translation between languages, cultures and artforms.
www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/trans...

14.03.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HearAndNow Kamermuziekfestival 2025 Bestel kaarten voor HearAndNow Kamermuziekfestival 2025 Koop nu je tickets!

Hi from gorgeous sunny Amsterdam! Tonight at Hear And Now Festival I’ll be singing 2 works w strings from my @stuartmacrae.bsky.social album + Andriessen’s β€˜Een Lied van der Zee’ for solo voice. Vasks, Crumb + Strauss complete the gig. 8pm Vondelkerk
www.ticketkantoor.nl/shop/HearAnd...

08.03.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Release Round-Up - 28th February 2025 Malcolm Arnold rarities from the London Choral Sinfonia, Stephen Hough's new piano concerto 'The World of Yesterday', Khachaturian from Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the debut solo recording from South Afr...

Huge thanks @prestomusic.bsky.social for featuring @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social and James Way / Natalie Burch / @lottebettsdean.bsky.social on today's New Release Roundup πŸ’– 🎢

www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...

28.02.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A big joy to share the stage with two of my favourite musicians last night, Brett Dean aka Dad and Julius Drake πŸ’› thanks to Shelley and Peter for having us at their gorgeous house concert series in Devon, and to Dora the fox red lab for the cuddles. More from this trio soon!

19.02.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Marsyas Trio with Lotte Betts-Dean | University of Leeds International Concert Series

This Saturday at Leeds Uni with Marsyas Trio - Finnissy, Ravel, Weir and a Ewan Campbell premiere! concerts.leeds.ac.uk/events/marsy...

19.02.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Back home and straight into it with a visit to the House of Lords yesterday courtesy of ENO, to celebrate the one and only Thea Musgrave. A huge honour to meet her and sing her flute-voice duo β€˜Primavera’ for her, and for many wonderful creatives in the room. Thanks ENO and flautist Claire Wickes! ❀️

14.02.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Lif with strings before they play Black Angels & Metamorphosen!

12.02.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arias Reimagined β€” nonclassical Explore reimagined arias from Handel by artists inbetween the genre boundaries: Lotte Betts-Dean, Lore Lixenberg and Bianca Scout.

Bringing some weirdness to London Handel Festival in March as part of their collab with @nonclsscl.bsky.social ! Harpsichordist Xiaowen Shang joins me for a set combining Handel with… very much not Handel ⚑️ 20/3 at Stone Nest alongside other fellow freaks! www.nonclassical.co.uk/events/arias...

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https://www.hearandnow.nl/

Looking forward to being part of Hear And Now Festival in Amsterdam next month, performing @stuartmacrae.bsky.social (March 8) and Strauss 4 Letzte Lieder arranged for piano, horn and violin (March 9). t.co/uMg0WjP8fo

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Agency | New Music Dublin 2025 Composed by one of the 20th century’s most remarkable figures, Claude Vivier’s colourful and vibrant work Bouchara is performed alongside a new commission by Donnacha Dennehy: Agency, a set of songs t...

Very verrry excited to be heading to New Music Dublin for the first time in April to premiere β€˜Agency’, a new work by Donnacha Dennehy (!) + Vivier’s masterpiece β€˜Bouchara’ alongside Ficino Ensemble !! Cannot wait for this one. April 6 at the NCH.
www.newmusicdublin.ie/agency

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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-magic-of-voice-guitar-tickets-1236532244229

Next voice & guitar gig is coming up on March 1 at the Rachmaninoff Academy London β€” songs and arrangements from all over the world with the brilliant Dimitris Soukaras. t.co/3v3gWf1usx

12.02.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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nonclassical x London Handel Festival: Arias Reimagined | Stone Nest Boundary-pushing live events promoter and label nonclassical have been invited by the London Handel Festival to curate a night reimagining what Handel’s arias can be.

ARIAS REIMAGINED // 20.03.25

three performers reimagine songs of heartache, drama and passion with electronics, voice, harpsichord, movement + more

ft. Bianca Scout / @lottebettsdean.bsky.social + Xiaowen Shang / Lore Lixenberg + Lore Amenabar NarraΓ±aga

tickets: www.stonenest.org/events/noncl...

04.02.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One month until this disc is released! The amazing James Way sings the complete Britten Canticles for @delphianrecords.com β€” it’s been a big joy to join him + Natalie Burch for Canticle II: β€˜Abraham and Isaac’ over the last few years. I ADORE this piece, really v honoured to have recorded it!

28.01.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Michael Finnissy: Blessed be I performed by Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano
YouTube video by divineartrecords Michael Finnissy: Blessed be I performed by Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano

Lotte Betts-Dean weaving some Finnissy magic: m.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUY...

18.11.2024 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Marsyas Trio with Lotte Betts-Dean | University of Leeds International Concert Series

Returning to Leeds University concert series next month, this time with Marsyas Trio β€” Finnissy, Ravel, Weir, Bonis and a new piece from Ewan Campbell ! Feb 22:
concerts.leeds.ac.uk/events/marsy...

28.01.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm sorry my love but I didn't get this card posted today so it wouldn't reach you before you go away so that's why I've just handed it to you. I do want you to know that I love you and am thinking of you.

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