Lucia Svecova
Programme: Serena Fenwick programme
Discipline: Conductors
Year: 2026
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Artist Diploma, OAcademy, 2025
MMus, Orchestral Conducting, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2023
BA (Hons), Music, University of Oxford, 2020
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Music Director, Shoreham Oratorio Choir
Music Director, Contemporary Music for All, London Ensemble
Assistant Conductor, Die Rheinnixen, Gothic Opera, Battersea Arts Centre
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I am a Slovak-British conductor, specialising in opera and contemporary music. Having always sung in choirs and accompanied singers as a pianist and organist, opera felt like a natural route for me, once I fell in love with conducting at university. I am interested in bringing new and not-well-known repertoire to wide audiences (I can definitely chat about Slovak operas a lot), and I love arranging this repertoire for unconventional ensembles.
I come from Slovakia, where I lived until I was 17 and developed love for hiking, history and languages. Having since studied and lived in the UK, I have explored a range of musical experiences, from leading an all-female a cappella group to teaching blues in a primary school.