Brett Dean

Australian composer, conductor & viola player. Represented @IntermusicaLTD & @Boosey. Visiting Professor @RoyalAcadMusic. One of the composers alive today.

[Brett Dean @brettdeanmusic]

Do you have squeaky doors and/or gates in your life that you are happy to share with me? I’m collecting field recordings (literally from fields, perhaps?) and would appreciate your donations. Phone recordings fine, as little wind/extra sound as poss. Please DM me + share this!

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

A *Huge* Programme from Krzyżowa-Music was just broadcast on @dlfkultur, in which I contribute Ravel’s Chansons madécasses, Schumann’s Mary Stuart songs arr. by @brettdeanmusic, a selection of songs by Karłowicz, AND Brett’s ‘I starred last night’ 🤯🙏🏼
https://t.co/EqRBm8pM2P

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

.@KingsPlace have just announced their next season — I am SO happy to be debuting with @auroraorchestra in January, in a very wide-reaching and personal programme about memory co-curated with my dear Dad @brettdeanmusic.
https://t.co/TiPsqu5YYx

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Our Krzyżowa Music tour closes this afternoon in Görlitz/Zgorzelec at Schlesische Musikfeste. It’s been such a gorgeous and music filled week in Poland and Germany, and so fab to perform @brettdeanmusic’s ‘I starred last night, I shone’ at every show!
https://t.co/Q58ZSTafrJ

[Royal College of Music @RCMLondon]

This #FlashbackFriday listen to RCM flautist Samantha Rowe perform @brettdeanmusic's effervescent work for solo flute, 'Demons' 🫧

Learn more about the piece and watch the full performance on our YouTube channel: https://t.co/okVffKU6eX

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Greetings from Warszawa! Kicking off our Krzyżowa Music tour tonight, performing @brettdeanmusic and Brahms — also on the programme are Bacewicz, more Brahms and a little surprise :) The concert will be broadcast live on Polish radio, 8pm🇵🇱/7pm🇬🇧
https://t.co/TfRy9EyUqz

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Last gigs at Krzyżowa Music tonight… it’s been such a nice week!
•Marta’s Aria from Die Passagierin w @adamgolka
•Brahms 2 Gesänge Op 91 w @brettdeanmusic & Adam
•Brett’s “I Starred Last Night, I Shone” w Viviane Hagner, Benjamin Kruithof & Brett.
https://t.co/NQrQI0HFiZ

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

The Krzyzowa Music Marathon continues! After back to back gigs last night (Shostakovich 7 Romances after Blok and @brettdeanmusic’s arrangement of Schumann Mary Stuart songs) tonight in Wrocław @adamgolka joins me for some gorgeous songs by Karłowicz. https://t.co/uaBZZeozGC

[Brett Dean @brettdeanmusic]

I’m there too

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Starting off the 25/26 season with my first gigs in Poland — Honoured to be a resident artist at Krzyżowa-Music for the next week. A beautiful place!! 🇵🇱 @Krzyzowa @AskonasHolt

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

A song that accompanied us through our childhoods… Happy to share the full video for ‘Sodade’, shot at our @delphianrecords sessions. Just over one month until the album release, and one week until we share our next single! ❤️
👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 https://t.co/EQqVY09u8o

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

little did I know that in addition to many truly wonderful works, Sofia Gubaidulina (rest in peace❤️) also wrote one of the worst pieces of music I have ever heard https://t.co/rpHxzqF67o

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

✨ she’s here!✨
so happy to finally hold a copy of ‘everything you’ve ever lived’ - out 26/9 @delphianrecords. The booklet features an essay by Megan Steller, lots of art by my mother Heather Betts, and gorgeous session photos.
Preorder here::: https://t.co/edcQdin6os

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

V excited to return to @FolkestoneNew for the 3rd time in December, this time with old mate @brettdeanmusic!

https://t.co/X64UFDVAW6

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Very fun to officially wrap up my season with two days back at @bay_staatsoper, workshopping an exciting world premiere for next year… !! A huge shoutout to @MahanEsfahani who is basically set to steal the show…

https://t.co/iYwSqaJSC2
@brettdeanmusic @AskonasHolt

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

🧡SODADE🧡
The first single from ‘everything you’ve ever lived’ is out today! It felt so special to make our own version of this song by Soares which we’ve both adored since childhood. We hope you like it 🎧 @delphianrecords @AppleMusic @AppleClassical
> https://t.co/KSPAiPe1CY

[Mahan Esfahani ن @MahanEsfahani]

Hey, so, this is kind of cool...I'm a cast member (you read that right) for @brettdeanmusic 's next opera "Of One Blood" at @bay_staatsoper next season. (I will prepare my best Tebaldi impression just in case
https://t.co/Fs3TG2h2bo

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Back at @Westcorkmusic for my 4th consecutive festival here! Kicking off my residency this afternoon with @brettdeanmusic - music for voice and viola by Beamish, Hindemith, RVW, @MichaelBerkele2, Brett and many more. https://t.co/0ahpJb7Kui

[Jari Kallio @KalliJari]

Album review: A hefty survey of top-tier @brettdeanmusic recordings from @LPOrchestra

2,5 hours of music documenting Dean’s three-season residency with the orchestra, including the Viola and Cello Concerti, In spe contra spem and more.
#adventuresinmusic
https://t.co/uHFwNK5qPK

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Looking forward to bringing Marie Stuart back to life in @brettdeanmusic’s ‘Madame ma bonne soeur’, coming to @kammermusikBS in Basel this October with the one and only @ArmidaQuartett 👑 also Schumann and Janácek!
https://t.co/4Pwbuytzoi

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

I made a playlist of some fave tracks for @RoyalPhilSoc a while ago, exclusively for its members, but it’s now public! It includes classical both new and old, folk, shoegaze, jazz and experimental pop. https://t.co/UHxnfmmyBO

[Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean]

Up now on YouTube - a recent performance of Michael Finnissy’s extraordinary work ‘Wisdom’, written for @MarsyasTrio and me in 2020. Filmed this Feb at the @UniversityLeeds International Concert Series. @LeedsUniMusic
https://t.co/xQQmPJhQhg