Madeleine Lovell - Conductor

Madeleine Lovell is Musical Director of the St George's Chamber Orchestra, Londinium, Associate Chorus Master of the Philharmonia Chorus, and Guest Conductor for London Lyric Opera. Madeleine's extensive work at the BBC Proms includes Chorus Master for the BBC Symphony Chorus performance of Verdi's Requiem in August 2008. In October 2008 Madeleine took up the role of Director of Music and Director of Studies at Queens' College, Cambridge, the first person to hold such an appointment.

Having studied music at King's College, Cambridge, Madeleine received an M.Phil in Musicology from Cambridge in 2000, and spent a further two years researching comic opera. She has a Masters in singing and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Repetiteur Training, both from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. As a conductor she has received tuition from, among others, Sian Edwards, Diego Masson, Bob Chilcott, George Hurst and Denise Ham. Madeleine attended the 2005 Dartington International Summer School Advanced Conducting Course (where her studies were funded by a D'Oyly Carte Bursary), performing excerpts from Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. In February 2007 Madeleine conducted Die Fledermaus with Alternative Opera in Tunbridge Wells. The production was reviewed by Antony Craig for Gramophone, who wrote: "Madeleine Lovell ... marshalled all her forces with skill and finesse."

Future plans include Assistant Conductor for London Lyric Opera's performance of Der fliegende Holländer at the Barbican (November 2008), and Conductor for London Lyric Opera's Fidelio at Cadogan Hall (February 2009).