Ellie Slorach is a conductor based in Manchester. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Kantos Chamber Choir and works in the UK and internationally with orchestras and choirs.
In the 2022-23 season, Ellie makes her debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, and Manchester Camerata. She returns to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.
In 2021-22, Ellie was the Assistant Conductor for the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, working regularly with the orchestra and assisting their Music Director, Gergely Madaras. She also had engagements with the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Northern Ballet (productions of Swan Lake & Dangerous Liaisons), Royal Opera House (Lost & Found at St Pancras International), and Northern Opera Group (Musical Director for Handel’s Silla).
Other recent projects have included working with the BBC Singers for a recording in Shakespeare’s Globe, Hallé Orchestra whilst Musical Director of the Hallé Youth Orchestra, ABLE Orchestra, and touring major UK theatres with Matthew Bourne’s new production of Romeo & Juliet as Young Associate conductor.
Ellie founded Kantos in 2015; 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. The choir regularly perform and record with orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic, on labels including Decca Classics. As well as touring the UK, Kantos toured to Rome and Assisi for special edition broadcasts for BBC Radio 4.
Ellie studied Conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music having previously studied Music at the University of Manchester.
Ellie has been Music Director of Chester Festival Chorus since 2018, conducting them in works by Vivaldi, Handel, Arvo Pärt, Dobrinka Tabakova and Verdi
