British musician Chad Kelly emigrated to Australia in 2022. Since arriving he has received regular invitations to perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as conducting engagements with the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Victorian Opera, and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
He is on the music staff of Opera Australia, having spent several seasons at the Bavarian State Opera and at English National Opera. His operatic conducting engagements in Europe include the Bavarian State Opera, Göttingen Händelfestpiele, Vienna’s Resonanzen festival, The Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Theatre, and the London Handel Festival.
As a historical keyboard player and director, he has performed at many of the major Bach festivals in Germany, and has enjoyed many fruitful collaborations with conductors John Eliot Gardiner and Trevor Pinnock, and an enduring collaboration with violinist Rachel Podger.
Chad studied at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music. He became Lector in Music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his contribution to the music profession.
