Conductor | Artistic Director

“the orchestra swooned and swerved under Scott Ellaway.”

— The Times

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Areas of Work

Conductor

Leading performances and collaborations with orchestras and musicians across the UK and internationally.

Photograph © Todd Rosenberg, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Orchestra Europa

Bridging conservatoire training and professional performance, now marking its 20th anniversary in 2026.

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Photograph © Clive Barda, St David’s Hall
OpusYou

Connecting music education to real artistic practice through broadcasts, curriculum, and school partnerships.

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What Scott is about

Performance, education, and the development of young artists.

Conductor

CAMI MUSIC

Rated by BBC Music Magazine as one of the UK's Top Ten emerging talents, Welsh-born entrepreneurial music director Scott Ellaway is steadily carving a career as one of the twenty-first century's most innovative conductors.

Orchestra Europa

In an article published by BBC Music Magazine, Scott Ellaway became known for his entrepreneurial spirit as the founder and artistic director of Orchestra Europa, an orchestra created to bridge the gap between conservatoire training and professional performance.

Now marking its 20th anniversary in 2026, Orchestra Europa continues this work through performance, education, and the development of young artists.

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"Orchestra Europa swooned and swerved under the direction of Scott Ellaway."

— Geoff Brown, The Times

OpusYou

BROADCAST

Scott Ellaway is known for his commitment to music education through his conducting, and for his ability to engage audiences via broadcast, including projects supported by CBS.