Eleanor has extensive experience as a performer and recent engagements include Palacio del Portalet (Spain), Kings Place, London (UK), and Finding A Voice festival (Ireland), where she was Artist-in-Residence. In 2021, she was selected as an International Guitar Foundation Young Artist and made her London debut as part of the scheme and premièred works commissioned by IGF for her. In 2020, she performed at Uppsala Internationella Gitarrfestival (Sweden) after being awarded a EuroStrings Scholarship.

A passionate advocate for women in music, Eleanor specialises in lesser-known repertoire by both historical and contemporary women composers. She gave the Irish première of Claudia Montero’s Latin Grammy award-winning guitar concerto Luces y Sombras with ConTempo String Quartet in 2023, and the British première with Musica Argentina Ensemble in 2019.

Eleanor has also premièred a number of new solo works by women: as an Illuminate Women’s Music Artist, upon commission by IGF’s La Leona scheme, and as a Faculty Artist at the Classical Minds Guitar Festival.

In 2024, Eleanor gained an MMus with distinction from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and in 2021, she graduated from the prestigious ‘Máster en Interpretación de Guitarra Clásica’ course at Universidad de Alicante, Spain, where she studied with the world’s foremost performers and teachers.

Eleanor Kelly

Eleanor Kelly is a classical guitarist from the UK, renowned for her unique programming and enchanting performances.

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