Ellen
Fallowfield

Cellist Ellen Fallowfield is an active performer and researcher in the field of contemporary music. She studied cello and contemporary music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, the Zurich University of the Arts and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. As part of research grants from the SNSF and the Maja Sacher Foundation, she created the smartphone app 'Cello Map' and the internationally popular website cellomap.com at the Basel University of Music. As an interpreter of new music, she regularly performs at important international festivals and is a member of various ensembles in the Basel area. Close collaboration with established and promising young composers is an essential part of her work. Ellen Fallowfield is head of the Specialised Masters programme in New Music, Research, Music in Context and Chamber Music at Bern University of the Arts.