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Elli Welsh

The Marion Pender Piano Fellow

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Elli Welsh was the 2023/2024 Associate Pianist for the Royal Ballet. During the year, she played in rehearsals for Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Manon, Rhapsody, The Winter’s Tale and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© in addition to performing at public events. Griffiths is an established opera repetiteur and most recently performed Hansel and Gretel with Opera Kipling at Théâtre Basse Passière, France. As a Britten Pears Artist and the Viola Tunnard Artist for 2022/2023, Welsh made her debut at The Red House and had the opportunity to work with Sir Antonio Pappano on La bohème. In 2021/2022, Welsh was a Young Artist Répétiteur with the National Opera Studio, London. As a Young Artist, she had the opportunity to work and perform with Opera North, Scottish Opera and Welsh National Opera.

Welsh graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2020 with a Professional Diploma in Piano Accompaniment under James Baillieu. Under Natasha Vlassenko, Welsh holds a Master of Music Studies in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Advanced Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium.