Kate Ellis
Cellist
Cellist Kate Ellis is dedicated to the performance and exploration of all things new in music with collaboration at the heart. Kate is Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble, cellist with Martin Hayes’ Common Ground Ensemble and toured with Bono as part of his Stories of Surrender show 2022-2023.
Kate has collaborated with, commissioned, premiered and recorded works by composers Steve Reich, Bryce Dessner, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Nico Muhly and Donnacha Dennehy and continues to push musical boundaries performing and recording with musicians including Bono and the Edge, Bobby McFerrin, Rhiannon Giddens, Martin Hayes, Gavin Friday, Ye Vagabonds, Lisa O'Neill and Glenn Hansard.
Kate has toured and broadcast in Australia, USA, Europe and China, performing at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Centre, Shanghai EXPO, Istanbul Akbank Jazz Festival and Edinburgh International Festival with releases on Nonesuch, Cantaloupe, Rough Trade, Domino, Brawl Records, Bada Bing, Crash Records and Claddagh Records.
Recent projects include the release of a major new work for solo cello by Northern Irish composer Ed Bennett on the Ergodos label, a duo collaboration with Martin Hayes, curation of a contemporary music series ‘Europe: Here and Now’ at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and the creation of new music for the Multi-Traction Orchestra’s album ‘Reactor One’ and ‘Echolocation: Resonate from Here’; a collaborative album with UK and US based musicians.