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Elana Kats-Chernin (b. 1957)

Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin is perhaps best known for her ballet Wild Swans, which contains the popular vocal number for wordless soprano and orchestra, "Eliza Aria." Besides ballet, Kats-Chernin's huge output includes operas, film scores, piano concertos, and various choral, vocal, orchestral, chamber, and instrumental works. Among the more popular of these is Clocks, for large chamber ensemble, and Charleston Noir, for solo piano. Stylistically, Kats-Chernin is eclectic and fairly approachable in her ability to write attractive lyrical melodies. But she has a somewhat acerbic side, too, as evidenced by Clocks. Even here, however, the often choppy flow and tick-tock rhythms have a strong appeal, and the composition's fabric is far from avant-garde. Kats-Chernin's works are regularly performed in Australia and gaining currency internationally. Her music is available on a variety of recording labels includin

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Elena Kats-Chernin

Australian composer and pianist (born 1957)

Elena Kats-Chernin AO
Kats-Chernin, 2018
Born	(1957-11-04) 4 November 1957 (age 67) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Nationality	Soviet, Australian
Occupation(s)	Composer, pianist

Elena Davidovna Kats-CherninAO (born 4 November 1957) is an Uzbek-born Australian composer and pianist, best known for her ballet Wild Swans.

Early life and career

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Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uzbekistan, but then part of the Soviet Union) and is Jewish.^[1] She studied at the Yaroslavl Music School and the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow from age 14, and migrated to Australia in 1975, continuing her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, under Richard Toop (composition) and Gordon Watson (piano).^[2] She also participated in the Darlinghurst underground theatre scene,^[3] with groups such

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