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...impressive control, an irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance...Betts-Dean manoeuvred unflustered between registers and vocal modes with an unbroken sense of line and an unmissable, urgent musicality...she’s certainly one to watch.
-Flora Willson, The Guardian
b.1990
Berlin, Germany
Based
London, UK
/
Melbourne, Australia
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Welcome to the website of Australian vocalist Lotte Betts-Dean.
Lotte is a mezzo soprano and vocalist who has established herself as a leading interpreter of contemporary repertoire, art song and chamber music. She is equally at home in early music, vocal ensemble, opera, experimental music and non-classical collaborations, and has a passion for curation, programming, and interdisciplinary projects, and a fast-growing discography.
Lotte won the 2024 Young Artist of the Year at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, and in 2023 she was elected as Ambassador for Donne UK. Lotte was made Associate (ARAM) of the Royal Academy of Music in 2022, an honour reserved for alumni who have contributed significantly to the music profession.
Lotte is represented worldwide by Megan Steller at Askonas Holt.
Lotte is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music (Master of Arts- 2016) and the Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University (Bachelor of Music- 2012), and is an Australian National Academy of Music Fellowship Alumna (2014). She is also a Young Artist Alumnus of Britten Pears Arts, City Music Foundation, Imogen Cooper Music Trust and Oxford Lieder.
Read her full biography here.
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She is a force in music to be reckoned with - Jane Manning must be glowing from heaven.
-Nicholas Daniel, OBE
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Betts-Dean’s lovely mezzo and winning stage manner managed to enter entirely into the character of each of her songs.
-Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times
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