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“Lotte Betts-Dean’s performance was powerful and lyrical, exhibiting a masterly control of both vocal range and colour. Shifting timbre from ghostly thin incanting to the wild throes of a full-bodied dramatic mezzo, Betts-Dean’s devoted performance captured all the ecstasy and drama of Messiaen’s poetry with a mature artistry.”
— Andrew Aronowicz on Messiaen's Harawi, Limelight Magazine
“Betts-Dean gave a mesmerising performance...
we were engrossed in not just what she was opining, but her movements and her facial contortions. At times she looked as though she was about to leap into the audience, so manic did she appear.”
— Peter Goodbody on Pierrot Lunaire with Manchester Collective, Getintothis UK
“Her tone was at once pure and thick with power; with expressive gestures flowing from her arms and face, she appeared to place herself entirely and unconditionally into the music.”
— Stephanie Eslake, on Bach at Dark Mofo Festival, Limelight Magazine
“Betts-Dean has an excellent voice; she can control her notes beautifully and she sings with joy, warmth, and an open heart.”
— Therese Saba, on Feb 2019 Wigmore Hall Recital, Classical Guitar Magazine
“Lotte Betts-Dean’s narration (in perfect French) delivered drama in spades.”
— Maxim Boon, on Stravinsky's Persephone with MSO, The Age, July 19

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A few more tickets have just been released for @eyepitydafu and my Schubertiade, this Thursday evening at @acf_london! The programme features Schubert’s utter masterpiece of a final piano sonata, our favourite excerpts of ‘Schwanengesang
A few more tickets have just been released for @eyepitydafu and my Schubertiade, this Thursday evening at @acf_london! The programme features Schubert’s utter masterpiece of a final piano sonata, our favourite excerpts of ‘Schwanengesang’, and his rarely heard 1818 cycle ‘Einsamkeit’. 🎹 link in bio! 🎹 . (and while we’re here, anyone who thinks Schwanengesang shouldn’t be sung by a woman is simply wrong) . #schubert #schwanengesang #einsamkeit #recital #piano #londonconcerts
few more shots of astonishingly beautiful #Swaledale 🍃 Looking forward to another Yorkshire adventure next weekend (!) with @olgastezhko 🎹
few more shots of astonishingly beautiful #Swaledale 🍃 Looking forward to another Yorkshire adventure next weekend (!) with @olgastezhko 🎹
An unusual side-effect of Covid is having to sometimes do two recitals back to back. It’s a challenge, but when you’ve got someone like @seanstshibe beside you, it’s a walk in the park. Or the dale, rather. Huge thanks to @swaledal
An unusual side-effect of Covid is having to sometimes do two recitals back to back. It’s a challenge, but when you’ve got someone like @seanstshibe beside you, it’s a walk in the park. Or the dale, rather. Huge thanks to @swaledalefestival for having us on Thursday…Yorkshire never fails to steal my heart. Swipe 4 stupidly beautiful views and a very gorgeous venue ☀️ (And yes of course I’m serving Brontë-esque nightgown vibes)
Australia! 🇦🇺♥️ I send my love to everyone back home, especially those who have been plunged back into lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne. My upcoming trip there feels like it is on increasingly shaky ground, so in an effort to send out POSIT
Australia! 🇦🇺♥️ I send my love to everyone back home, especially those who have been plunged back into lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne. My upcoming trip there feels like it is on increasingly shaky ground, so in an effort to send out POSITIVE MANIFESTING VIBES💛 here is the rest of my little tour itinerary… I’m crossing everything these events can happen, and if not, I will do everything I can to make them happen one day. Biggest love to my Aussie friends. Missing you all. . After Verdi Requiem with @ensembleapex in Sydney, it’s off to Brisbane: 🇦🇺 Sept 21: Mahler w @ensembleqaustralia at @qldcon, Brisbane 🇦🇺 Sept 24-25: The inaugural Hume Chamber Music Festival w @ensembleqaustralia at @humeconservatorium 🇦🇺 Sept 26: Berio w @ensembleqaustralia at @fourwindsau, Bermagui 🇦🇺 Sept 29: Recital w @affinityquartett at @temporubato_au Melbourne 🇦🇺 Sept 30: Recital w @affinityquartett at @melbrecital 🇦🇺 Oct 1-3: Project development w @vandiemensband, Hobart I may also make a small cameo at @bennelong_sydney on Sept 1 🤫 Thanks to my colleagues over there dealing with the stress of not knowing what’s gonna happen 🙃
platform pic of most of the @brittenpearsarts young artist gang - thanks for the snap, Josh from @slideaction!
platform pic of most of the @brittenpearsarts young artist gang - thanks for the snap, Josh from @slideaction!
three profoundly inspiring days at @snapemaltings for the first meetings of the new @brittenpearsarts young artists… what a special place it is! Plans afoot already, an exciting year ahead💥
three profoundly inspiring days at @snapemaltings for the first meetings of the new @brittenpearsarts young artists… what a special place it is! Plans afoot already, an exciting year ahead💥
I won’t 100% believe it until I’m actually sitting on the plane, but I am *very* thrilled to be able to return to Australia for some concerts soon! 🇦🇺 First project of the trip: MASS with the brilliant @ensembleapex - an unusual take o
I won’t 100% believe it until I’m actually sitting on the plane, but I am *very* thrilled to be able to return to Australia for some concerts soon! 🇦🇺 First project of the trip: MASS with the brilliant @ensembleapex - an unusual take on Verdi’s iconic Requiem, alongside fab soloists @davidvgreco @andrewfgoodwin @hyeseoungmariana__soprano and of course apex maestro @sam_weller9. Sat August 28, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney. Tickets on sale at link in bio. SEE YOU SOON OZ, please go and get vaccinated thank you ♥️
at long last, back in a west end audience. felt good. and @sixthemusical is astonishing. 👑
at long last, back in a west end audience. felt good. and @sixthemusical is astonishing. 👑
birthday peonies absolutely loving life today. thank you everyone for the lovely messages you bunch of legends! 💗 champagne, steak tartare, ice cream, #SixTheMusical, inconsolably joy-weeping at hearing a west end audience clapping in time again (!!
birthday peonies absolutely loving life today. thank you everyone for the lovely messages you bunch of legends! 💗 champagne, steak tartare, ice cream, #SixTheMusical, inconsolably joy-weeping at hearing a west end audience clapping in time again (!!), what a day.
🎉 Beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining (the newly redesigned!) @brittenpearsarts Young Artists for 21-22, alongside a brilliant collection of composers, pianists, ensembles and fellow singers. Looking forward to a lot of music making at b
🎉 Beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining (the newly redesigned!) @brittenpearsarts Young Artists for 21-22, alongside a brilliant collection of composers, pianists, ensembles and fellow singers. Looking forward to a lot of music making at beautiful @snapemaltings over the next year! Huge thanks to everyone at #brittenpearsarts ♥️🙏🏼 . 📸 @benjaminealovega
@stmagnusfestival 2021 is officially live! watch the whole festival at www.stmagnusfestival.com - a rover ticket (£44) gets you access to all eleven (!) online events and films, or you can buy individual event tickets for just £5. very
@stmagnusfestival 2021 is officially live! watch the whole festival at www.stmagnusfestival.com - a rover ticket (£44) gets you access to all eleven (!) online events and films, or you can buy individual event tickets for just £5. very beautiful camera and sound work from @foxbrushfilms - srsly breathtaking landscapes, orkney poetry and amazing music. honoured to have been part of this alongside some fab artists. do check it out 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. . #stmagnusfestival #orkney #scotland #musicfestival #stmagnus2021
roses starting to pop at the family ranch 🌹
roses starting to pop at the family ranch 🌹
🎵LIVE, FREE ZOOM CONCERT! 🎵 This Wednesday night 8pm UK time I’ll be presenting a short recital of my favourite unaccompanied voice repertoire for #HomeConcertClub live on Zoom. (Aussie friends I’m very sorry, that’s 5am…
🎵LIVE, FREE ZOOM CONCERT! 🎵 This Wednesday night 8pm UK time I’ll be presenting a short recital of my favourite unaccompanied voice repertoire for #HomeConcertClub live on Zoom. (Aussie friends I’m very sorry, that’s 5am…early birds/insomniacs, feel free to join?) Programme includes #TansyDavies #AndrewFord #MortonFeldman #StuartMacRae #JonathanDove and more… Violinist Ruth Rogers, leader of @londonmozartplayers, is also performing. Sign up at link in bio! . Thanks to @gemsharples for making this happen!
🍃escape to the country🍃
🍃escape to the country🍃
The #wisteria at @cotonmanorgarden will pretty much live in my mind forever 💜. . #northamptonshire #cotonmanorgardens
The #wisteria at @cotonmanorgarden will pretty much live in my mind forever 💜. . #northamptonshire #cotonmanorgardens
Due to the ongoing UK->Germany travel ban, I’m sadly no longer able to join @linospianotrio for the upcoming Linos Festival in Köln next week 😭 BUT I’m super grateful to the wonderful @herdisanna for jumping in! ♥️🙏🏼 Th
Due to the ongoing UK->Germany travel ban, I’m sadly no longer able to join @linospianotrio for the upcoming Linos Festival in Köln next week 😭 BUT I’m super grateful to the wonderful @herdisanna for jumping in! ♥️🙏🏼 The whole festival (11-13th) will be streamed on @onjamhq, do check it out, it’s such a fab programme. Their piano trio arrangements of Prelude à l’apres-midi and Sorcerer’s apprentice are seriously 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 Ticket link in bio ⬆️
ONCE UPON A TIME... So excited to be part of the 2021 virtual #LiberationInternationalMusicFestival presented by Jersey music charity @musicinactionhq. My recital is all about #FAIRYTALES 📖 and will be online from June 13-July 13. Half the proceed
ONCE UPON A TIME... So excited to be part of the 2021 virtual #LiberationInternationalMusicFestival presented by Jersey music charity @musicinactionhq. My recital is all about #FAIRYTALES 📖 and will be online from June 13-July 13. Half the proceeds go to furthering #MusicInAction’s charity work! The programme, all set to Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, includes settings by #FrankLoesser, #Prokofiev, #MichaelFinnissy, #Nielsen, #KateBush, #Grieg #Honegger and more. The always brilliant @joseph_havlat joins me at the piano, and it was filmed in HD in the massive and beautiful St John’s Norwood. Tickets at the link in my bio, Jersey’s youngest musicians (and I!) would love your support! 🎫 Thanks also to @jjohnstonmezzo for making this happen! . #hanschristianandersen #artsong #recital #jersey
Few snaps of absolutely *stunning* Kirkwall last weekend. Feel very lucky to have been able to see that part the world especially right now. Thank you @alasdairnicolson00! The @stmagnusfestival tickets went on sale today if you want a virtual visit
Few snaps of absolutely *stunning* Kirkwall last weekend. Feel very lucky to have been able to see that part the world especially right now. Thank you @alasdairnicolson00! The @stmagnusfestival tickets went on sale today if you want a virtual visit to beautiful Orkney!
A fab day yesterday at the wonderful @nnfest with @joseph_havlat - first live-audience concert since December to a reduced but sold-out and lovely crowd, and *SO* special to have two of our composers in the audience: @isabellagellis (we premiered her
A fab day yesterday at the wonderful @nnfest with @joseph_havlat - first live-audience concert since December to a reduced but sold-out and lovely crowd, and *SO* special to have two of our composers in the audience: @isabellagellis (we premiered her amazing Montreal Songs!) and the legendary Michael Finnissy. Huge thanks @jejhardie and everyone at Norfolk&Norwich Festival for leading the way with a big two-week live festival, and also to @jsphnstphnsn whose new arrangement of ‘Rosemary Lane’ we had the privilege of premiering as well. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
🎥 behind the scenes at @stmagnusfestival over the past few days in Orkney, filming in the stunning St Magnus Cathedral and the charming Italian Chapel with @foxbrushfilms. A huge thank you @alasdairnicolson00 for making it happen 🙏🏼 and to my col
🎥 behind the scenes at @stmagnusfestival over the past few days in Orkney, filming in the stunning St Magnus Cathedral and the charming Italian Chapel with @foxbrushfilms. A huge thank you @alasdairnicolson00 for making it happen 🙏🏼 and to my colleagues guitarist @michaelbutten and flautist Emma Halnan. Films coming in a month! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
A few more tickets have just been released for @eyepitydafu and my Schubertiade, this Thursday evening at @acf_london! The programme features Schubert’s utter masterpiece of a final piano sonata, our favourite excerpts of ‘Schwanengesang few more shots of astonishingly beautiful #Swaledale 🍃 Looking forward to another Yorkshire adventure next weekend (!) with @olgastezhko 🎹 An unusual side-effect of Covid is having to sometimes do two recitals back to back. It’s a challenge, but when you’ve got someone like @seanstshibe beside you, it’s a walk in the park. Or the dale, rather. Huge thanks to @swaledal Australia! 🇦🇺♥️ I send my love to everyone back home, especially those who have been plunged back into lockdown in Sydney and Melbourne. My upcoming trip there feels like it is on increasingly shaky ground, so in an effort to send out POSIT platform pic of most of the @brittenpearsarts young artist gang - thanks for the snap, Josh from @slideaction! three profoundly inspiring days at @snapemaltings for the first meetings of the new @brittenpearsarts young artists… what a special place it is! Plans afoot already, an exciting year ahead💥 I won’t 100% believe it until I’m actually sitting on the plane, but I am *very* thrilled to be able to return to Australia for some concerts soon! 🇦🇺 First project of the trip: MASS with the brilliant @ensembleapex - an unusual take o at long last, back in a west end audience. felt good. and @sixthemusical is astonishing. 👑 birthday peonies absolutely loving life today. thank you everyone for the lovely messages you bunch of legends! 💗 champagne, steak tartare, ice cream, #SixTheMusical, inconsolably joy-weeping at hearing a west end audience clapping in time again (!! 🎉 Beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining (the newly redesigned!) @brittenpearsarts Young Artists for 21-22, alongside a brilliant collection of composers, pianists, ensembles and fellow singers. Looking forward to a lot of music making at b @stmagnusfestival 2021 is officially live! watch the whole festival at www.stmagnusfestival.com - a rover ticket (£44) gets you access to all eleven (!) online events and films, or you can buy individual event tickets for just £5. very roses starting to pop at the family ranch 🌹 🎵LIVE, FREE ZOOM CONCERT! 🎵 This Wednesday night 8pm UK time I’ll be presenting a short recital of my favourite unaccompanied voice repertoire for #HomeConcertClub live on Zoom. (Aussie friends I’m very sorry, that’s 5am… 🍃escape to the country🍃 The #wisteria at @cotonmanorgarden will pretty much live in my mind forever 💜. . #northamptonshire #cotonmanorgardens Due to the ongoing UK->Germany travel ban, I’m sadly no longer able to join @linospianotrio for the upcoming Linos Festival in Köln next week 😭 BUT I’m super grateful to the wonderful @herdisanna for jumping in! ♥️🙏🏼 Th ONCE UPON A TIME... So excited to be part of the 2021 virtual #LiberationInternationalMusicFestival presented by Jersey music charity @musicinactionhq. My recital is all about #FAIRYTALES 📖 and will be online from June 13-July 13. Half the proceed Few snaps of absolutely *stunning* Kirkwall last weekend. Feel very lucky to have been able to see that part the world especially right now. Thank you @alasdairnicolson00! The @stmagnusfestival tickets went on sale today if you want a virtual visit A fab day yesterday at the wonderful @nnfest with @joseph_havlat - first live-audience concert since December to a reduced but sold-out and lovely crowd, and *SO* special to have two of our composers in the audience: @isabellagellis (we premiered her 🎥 behind the scenes at @stmagnusfestival over the past few days in Orkney, filming in the stunning St Magnus Cathedral and the charming Italian Chapel with @foxbrushfilms. A huge thank you @alasdairnicolson00 for making it happen 🙏🏼 and to my col

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