Bio

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Elliot Sloss started playing the cello when he was four years old, and in the 18 years since, his love for the cello and music has taken him many places.

Elliot attends the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia where he studies with Peter Wiley, Gary Hoffman, Nick Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, and Christine Lee. Previously, he studied with Paul Widner and Joe Johnson at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada where he participated in the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists for many years.

Elliot is a three-time first place winner in the national round for strings in the Canadian Music Competition. Elliot won three concerto competitions in 2019. He won the North York Music Festival Competition and performed with the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. He won the Taylor Academy Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition and the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition. Elliot is also a finalist at the 2025 Shean Strings Competition in Edmonton. Outside of Canada, Elliot recently participated in the 2025 Isang-Yun Competition in South Korea.

Elliot plays on a 1706 Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello made in Cremona, and a 1925 Victor Fetique bow made in Paris.