Kelly Lovelady

Kelly Lovelady is a conductor, curator and cultural activist with a passion for experimental programming, concert dramaturgy and composer advocacy. Lovelady is the founding Artistic Director of London chamber orchestra Ruthless Jabiru and has devised, self-produced and conducted massed musical and cross-artform projects for festivals around the world.

Ruthless Jabiru is a dynamic ensemble of professional Australasian musicians now based around the UK. The orchestra’s projects are dedicated to exploring, highlighting, and championing humanitarian and social justice stories through new music in an effort to promote compassion, sustainability and social consciousness in collaboration with the campaigning sector.

Recent work has included The Holy Presence of, a site-specific bass orchestra performance beneath the Thames centring the plight of the UK’s first climate refugees; and Girl, Ruthless Jabiru’s debut album in collaboration with composer Soosan Lolavar, with a full-length video art commission for the album’s advance single Undone released alongside.