Dean Sky-Lucas performs as soloist and chamber musician throughout Australia and abroad on keyboard and voice. He is widely known to Australian audiences through numerous national broadcasts, both live and pre-recorded with ABC FM, Sunday Live and Radio National.

Festival engagements have been notable with 8 appearances in 10 months during 2003, including the Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane International Festivals. During 2004, Dean performed the role of the singing pianist in ChamberMade Opera's "Recital" inx the USA, the Melbourne Season and the Victorian tour. He was the alto soloist in the Australian Ballet's season of "La Bella Figura" with Orchestra Victoria.

In 2005 Dean performed the lead role in Handel's Orlando, the title role in the 2006, Australian premiere of Vivaldi's Guistino, La Peinture in Charpentier's Les Arts Florissantes and the World premier of a work written for viola da gamba consort for the Royal British Music Society by Australian composer Natalie Williams, in the same year. During 2005, Dean recorded a CD of Italian Baroque music with Louisa Hunter-Bradley and David MacFarlane which was received with critical acclaim.

Dean has continued to perform in this combination in regular guest appearances in the concert series presented by Past Echoes both in Melbourne and Sydney.

For several years Dean has toured across the nation with ensembles including Ensemble Troika, AnnaLisa Kerrigan's "Ireland" and Kurrawong ensemble. Dean was an artist-in-residence at the University of Auckland in 2008 with the string, collaborative piano, voice and early music departments, featuring 3 recitals in as many weeks with master classes and individual lessons.

Dean performs widely with early music ensembles in Australia and his repertoire is vast, encompassing the 13th through 21st centuries. He combines the versatility demanded in early music performance practice with the fastidiousness that new music requires and as such is respected by peer and patron for the illumination brought forward in new and old scores.

Source: Karrawong Ensemble

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