Madeleine Lovell is Musical Director of the St. George's Chamber Orchestra, the Lea Singers and Aylesbury Festival Choir. She has conducted many choirs and orchestras around the UK, including the BBC Symphony Chorus, the Philharmonia Chorus, the National Symphony Orchestra and players from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Having studied music at King's College, Cambridge - graduating with a double starred first in 1999 - 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 (in a masterclass with the BBC Singers), 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." She has a busy schedule of rehearsals and concerts, including projects with the St George's Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and Philharmonia Chorus.

Madeleine began her musical studies with the piano at the age of five, and went on to play viola and clarinet as well as studying piano and voice. She has frequently appeared on the concert stage as pianist and singer, and continues to pursue a wide range of musical interests, both practical and musicological. Madeleine is also a keen linguist and student of literature and is fluent in German, Italian and French.