Lucia Svecova

Lucia Švecová is a Slovak-born organist and conductor, currently holding the position of the Director of Chapel Choir, Music and Organ Teacher and School Organist at St Catherine’s School, Bramley, Guildford. She started her musical journey as an organist and a singer in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, where she studied Organ at the Music School Banská Štiavnica under Katarína Tuhárska. She won the National Competition of Young Organists, Námestovo, in 2013 and 2015, and the title ‘Laureate’ at the National Organ Display ‘Gorazd’s Organ Days’ in Zvolen. In 2017, Lucia became Organ Scholar at Jesus College Oxford, where she studied Music and conducted and accompanied the Jesus College Chapel Choir. Later, she worked as an Organist at Bloxham School, Oxfordshire, and as Organ Teacher at the Purcell School for Young Musicians. Lucia then continued to study Orchestral Conducting, finishing a postgraduate course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, while maintaining an active recital schedule. At the moment, she conducts and accompanies the St Catherine’s Chapel Choir.