Lucy Gould studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Indiana University, Bloomington, with György Pauk and Josef Gingold. She participated in courses at Prussia Cove, Yale Summer School and the Banff Centre for the Arts, working with András Schiff, Menahem Pressler and the Amadeus String Quartet, who were a great inspiration to her.
She has performed much of the concerto repertoire with orchestras such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bournemouth Sinfonietta and the English String Orchestra. She has been guest leader of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. She holds the position of principal second violin of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and has played as violinist of the Gould Piano Trio since 1991.
Lucy Gould plays a Joseph Guarnerius filius Andreae violin from 1703.