Scott Tereance Ellaway (born 8 August 1981) is a Welsh conductor and advocate for broadening access to classical music.
[1][2] In an article published by BBC Music Magazine in 2009,[3][4] Ellaway became known for his entrepreneurial spirit as the founder and artistic director of Orchestra Europa.
[8] He divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles, and is a Fellow at Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University.
[9] Born in Abergavenny, South Wales, Ellaway was educated locally before gaining an organ scholarship to Keble College, Oxford in 2002 and graduating in 2005 [10] He made his professional conducting debut at age 21 with members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Welsh National Opera in Abergavenny.
[11] He has since worked with several prominent orchestras and ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music,[12] the BBC Singers,[13] the Berliner Symphoniker,[14] the Philharmonia Orchestra,[15] the London Mozart Players,[16] and performed at the Lincoln Center in New York City for the first time in 2014, conducting performances of George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Kammermusik No.