British keyboardist and conductor Chad Kelly emigrated to Australia at the end of 2021. 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.
In 2022, he joined the music staff of Opera Australia, having spent several seasons at the Bavarian State Opera (Munich) and at English National Opera (London). His conducting engagements in Europe include the Bavarian State Opera, Göttingen Händelfestpiele, Vienna’s Resonanzen Festival, The Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre, and the London Handel Festival.
Chad made his Opera Australia conducting debut with Dido and Aeneas and returns to Victorian Opera to conduct a new arrangement of Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He also tours Europe and Australia with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, featuring tracks he wrote and orchestrated from their album Phantom Island.
