Artists

Lucas Huber Sierra was raised in Madrid, where he began his musical training. He completed his studies in Cologne and Lübeck with the highest marks in the classes of Joseph Anto Scherrer and Konrad Elser. Further mentors include Claudio Martínez Mehner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Anthony Spiri, Thomas Quasthoff and Christoph Prégardien. During the academic course 24/25 he is a scholarship holder of the Heidelberger Frühling lied academy, under the artistic direction of Thomas Hampson. In addition to his occupation as a piano teacher, he works as an accompanist at the HfM Hanns Eisler for the voice class of Stephan Rügamer. As a prize winner of major international competitions, Lucas has recorded for broadcasts by various German radio stations. Currently, he is studying song accompaniment with Wolfram Rieger in Berlin.

Magnus Svensson is acknowledged as one of the leading Scandinavian accompanists, collaborating with singers worldwide including Dorothea Röschmann, Nina Stemme, Christophe Prégardien, Malin Byström, Benjamin Appl, Miah Persson or Irène Theorin, as well as rising stars such as Christina Nilsson and Johanna Wallroth. He is a regular solo guest, chamber musician and accompanist at leading music venues and festivals across Scandinavia, Europe, and the United States. A highly respected programmer, he curates the prestigious Lied series for the Konserthuset. He has been the Musical Editor at The Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2012 and has since published over 750 new editions of Swedish music. He teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm as well as at The College of Music and Opera at Mälardalens University.

Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh, read Music at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal College of Music. Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers including Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Florian Boesch, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Simon Keenlyside, Felicity Lott and Bryn Terfel. He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and a Poulenc series and Decade by Decade – 100 years of German Song) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe, North America and Australia. He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival.

Malin Byström studied at the University College of Opera in Stockholm. She made her praised role debut as Salome in 2017, a role for which she was awarded the prize as the Female Singer of the year at the 2018 International Opera Awards. She has performed the roles of Marie (Wozzeck), Elsa (Lohengrin), The Woman (Erwartung), Minnie (La fanciulla del West), Rusalka, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Mathilde (Guillaume Tell), Marguerite (Faust), Elisabeth de Valois (Don Carlos), Jenůfa, Die Feldmarschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Fedora, Tosca or Desdemona (Otello), in opera houses such as Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera House, Deutsche Oper Berlin or San Francisco Opera. On the concert platform Malin Byström has sung Mendelssohn’s Elias, Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 and Missa Solemnis, Grieg’s Peer Gynt or Mozart’s C Minor Mass.