Ellie Slorach

Ellie Slorach

Conductor

Engagement Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Founder and Artistic Director of Kantos Chamber Choir

“Ellie Slorach is on this evidence a very fine conductor, managing a complex concert of so many musical, sound and spoken elements with great mastery.”
— Christine Twine, Edinburgh Music Review, October 2023

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“The musical execution of this moving and expressive work was very fine indeed, with tight synchronicity from all players under Ellie Slorach’s artful conducting.”

Miranda Heggie, The Arts Desk, October 2023

“The impressive thing here was Ellie Slorach’s command of the orchestra’s playing. In the slow, atmospheric opening of the piece string pizzicati were absolutely unanimous, the tunes swayed in folksy style, the metrical changes were deftly handled, and there was neatness and clarity throughout.”

 Robert Beale, The Arts Desk, October 2019

“Conducting the ensemble, Ellie Slorach oversaw a very fine performance from her players, switching between the smorgasbord of styles with artful panache, lighting changes delineating the scenes.”

 David Smyth, Bachtrack, November 2023

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Biography

Ellie Slorach is the Founder and Artistic Director of Kantos Chamber Choir and the Engagement Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She specialises in large scale multi-media and educational projects across all genres including orchestral, operatic, choral and dance.

In the 2023-24 season, Ellie makes her debut with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Glasshouse as part of the BBC Proms in Gateshead, Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures production of Edward Scissorhands at Sadler’s Wells and with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She also returns to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North and Manchester Camerata.

Specialising in concerts for schools and young people, Ellie has worked with orchestras including The Hallé and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, where she was the Assistant Conductor to Gergely Madaras in 2021-22. She is often invited to work with youth and student orchestras and choirs, including having been Musical Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra. 

Ellie regularly works on opera productions; she conducted Northern Opera Group’s production of Handel’s Silla in 2022 and returns as Musical Director for their headline production of Sherlock Holmes and The Sign of Four in 2024 at the Leeds Opera Festival. She was co-Musical Director for the Royal Opera House’s production of Lost & Found at St Pancras International station in 2022 and was the Assistant Conductor for Opera Holland Park’s Rigoletto in June 2023.

​In 2015, Ellie founded Kantos Chamber Choir; this trailblazing vocal ensemble is at the cutting edge of choral singing in the UK. Kantos performs unique and innovative concerts, devised by Ellie, to sell-out audiences, in venues ranging from nightclubs to concert halls. Kantos has an artistic partnership with Manchester Camerata.  …

 
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