Den australske mezzosopranen Lotte Betts-Dean, som har fått ros av The Guardian for sin «uimotståelige sans for dramatikk og uimotståelige, intense musikalitet», brenner for kuratering og programutvikling, og har et bredt repertoar som omfatter samtidsmusikk, kunstsanger, kammermusikk, tidlig musikk, opera, oratorium og samarbeid utenfor den klassiske musikken. Lotte er ambassadør for Donne, en veldedig stiftelse som arbeider for å fremme likestilling i musikkbransjen, og i 2022 ble hun utnevnt til Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, en ære forbeholdt tidligere studenter som har bidratt betydelig til musikkbransjen.
Lotte vant Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award i 2017, den første Musician’s Company New Elizabethan Award i 2018, og senest Overseas Prize 2020 og Audrey Strange Memorial Prize 2020 for en fremragende sanger ved Royal Over-Seas League Competition. Lotte nådde semifinalen i Das Lied International Song Competition 2017 i Heidelberg samt Wigmore Hall Song Competition 2017 sammen med pianisten Hannah Harnest. Mens hun fortsatt bodde i Australia, vant Lotte flere priser og konkurranser, blant annet Acclaim Awards MCM Prize (2014), Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria (2012), Mietta Song Competition (andreplass, 2012), National Liederfest (andreplass, 2012 og 2017) og flere priser mens hun var student ved Melbourne Conservatorium.
Praised by The Guardian for her “irrepressible sense of drama and unmissable, urgent musicality”, Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean is passionate about curation and programming, with a broad repertoire that encompasses contemporary music, art song, chamber music, early music, opera, oratorio and non-classical collaborations. Lotte is an Ambassador of Donne, a charitable foundation dedicated to promoting gender equality in the music industry, and in 2022 she was named as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour reserved for alumni who have contributed significantly to the music industry.
Lotte won the 2017 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award, the inaugural 2018 Musician’s Company New Elizabethan Award, and most recently, the 2020 Overseas Prize and the 2020 Audrey Strange Memorial Prize for an outstanding singer at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition. Lotte reached the semi finals of the 2017 Das Lied International Song Competition in Heidelberg as well as the 2017 Wigmore Hall Song Competition alongside pianist Hannah Harnest. While still in Australia, Lotte won several awards and competitions including the Acclaim Awards MCM Prize (2014), the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria (2012), the Mietta Song Competition (runner up, 2012) the National Liederfest (runner up, 2012 and 2017) and several prizes while a student at Melbourne Conservatorium.
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