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Kate Ellis will demonstrate a wide range of musical interests at her concert this weekend, writes Nikki ffrench Davis

CELLIST Kate Ellis has an admirable reputation as an instinctive and technically brilliant musician. A quiet determination to commit herself to playing music she really enjoys without putting up boundaries has led to a busy freelance career.

“From the time I was ending college I decided I was only going to play with like-minded musicians I wanted to play with,” Ellis explains. By then she was already playing with the Crash Ensemble, Ireland’s premier new music ensemble, which specialises in tackling a wide variety of often demanding new music with flair. Its line-up includes some of the country’s leading musicians.