Kate Conway

Kate Conway enjoys a varied career as a viol player, cellist, educator and particularly chamber musician. She is a founder member of Ensemble Molière, who were the first BBC New Generation Baroque Ensemble (2021-2023), supported by BBC Radio 3, the National Centre for Early Music and the Royal College of Music. With the ensemble, she has made numerous studio and concert recordings for Radio 3, performed live across the UK from Buxton to Lammermuir, and released a CD for Linn Records. She is also a member of Chelys Consort of Viols, who made their Wigmore Hall debut as part of Dame Emma Kirkby’s 70th birthday celebrations. Orchestrally, Kate has played with the English Baroque Soloists, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and for several seasons with English Touring Opera.

Kate studied viol and baroque cello with Jonathan Manson at the Royal Academy of Music, after reading Classics at Jesus College, Cambridge. A former participant of the Handel House Talent Scheme, she has taken part in masterclasses with Christophe Coin, Paolo Pandolfo and Jordi Savall. Kate was twice a recipient of the RAM Nancy Nuttall ensembles prize, and has subsequently coached viol consorts at the Academy.