15-year-old violinist and composer Ellie Malonzo began violin at age five and studies under Winthrop Professor Paul Wright. At the age of 14, she was accepted into the University of Western Australia to study a Bachelor of Music full-time, and is currently balancing first year with year 11 studies, having previously been accelerated a grade at school.

At 12, Ellie made her solo debut performing the first of several violin concerti that she has been commissioned to write for the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra. She has now performed as a soloist with the Wiener Stadtorchester in Vienna, the Mosman Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the MetSO Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Pops Orchestra and the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra.

Ellie’s 2025 season includes solo debuts with the South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne and the NSA Orchestra. At the age of 13, in 2023, she was accepted into the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, England, and over the last three years, she has won first prize in seventeen international violin and composition competitions and placed in nine more.