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Conductor of the Birmingham Royal Ballet from 1989-2025, Philip Ellis is widely recognised as one of the most versatile conductors working in dance today. Following his appointment by Sir Peter Wright, he has worked with the BRB for 35 years, conducting over 2000 performances for the company including most of the BRB's repertoire.
He is increasingly in demand as a guest conductor. Philip Ellis has conducted productions with The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden (Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Don Quixote and Gala work), Paris Opera Ballet (Fille mal gardée), La Scala Ballet (Bayadere), Mikhailovsky Ballet in St Petersburg (Fille, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty), Finnish National Ballet (Bayadere, Giselle), Royal Swedish Ballet (Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty), Dutch National Ballet (Made in Amsterdam II, Giselle & Gala work), Rome Opera Ballet (Fille).
He has also conducted The Australian Ballet (Nutcracker, Merry Widow, Icons Triple, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, Paquita), Sarasota Ballet (Nureyev Tribute), Angel Corella Ballet throughout Spain (Bayadere), Semper Opera Ballet in Dresden (Bayadere), English National Ballet (Alice, Nutcracker), Gothenburg Ballet (Fille), Hong Kong Ballet (Nutcracker, Merry Widow), Polish National Ballet (Bayadere, Mixed Programmes), Korean National Ballet (Fille), Canadian National Ballet (La Sylphide), Rome Opera Ballet (Fille, Onegin) and many programmes for Kobayashi Ballet in Tokyo.
He combines his broad experience and musicality from many years as a symphonic conductor (working at the highest level with orchestras such as the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Halle, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, National Symphony of Mexico, Württemburgische Philharmonie Reutingen, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Belgian National Orchestra, Flanders Symphony, Western Australian Symphony and Sydney Symphony), with a passion for dance and an innate understanding of the musical needs of dancers. Although mainly in demand for his experience with classical ballets he is equally at home with new work, contemporary music and dance styles.