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Elena Kats-Chernin was born on 4 November, 1957 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan), is an Australian composer and pianist (born 1957). Discover Elena Kats-Chernin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Composer, pianist
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 4 November 1957
Birthday 4 November
Birthplace Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)
Nationality Uzbekistan

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1921

She wrote three silent film soundtracks for a co-production between German/French TV channels ZDF/ARTE: Victor Sjöström's Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage, 1921), Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak's People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag, 1930), and G. W. Pabst's The Devious Path (Abwege, 1928).

Kats-Chernin's other works include Charleston Noir for solo piano, Rockhampton Garden Symphonies with Mark Svendsen for solo voices, mixed choirs and orchestra, and Wild Swans, a collaboration with choreographer Meryl Tankard.

She has won numerous music composition prizes in Australia, and her pieces are regularly broadcast on ABC Classic FM radio.

1957

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

Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uzbekistan, but then part of the Soviet Union) and is Jewish.

1975

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).

She also participated in the Darlinghurst underground theatre scene, with groups such as Cabaret Conspiracy, Fifi Lamour, Boom Boom La Burn and others, often under the name Elena Kats.

Kats-Chernin studied with Helmut Lachenmann in Germany.

She remained in Europe for thirteen years, and became active in theatre and ballet, composing for state theatres in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg and Bochum.

1984

The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards commenced in 1984 and recognise outstanding achievements in dance, drama, comedy, music, opera, circus and puppetry.

1987

They commenced in 1987.

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(with Lior and The Idea of North)

The Australian Women in Music Awards is an annual event that honours women for their contributions to the Australian music industry.

1993

In 1993 she wrote Clocks for the Ensemble Modern.

It has since been performed around the world.

1994

Since returning to Australia in 1994, Kats-Chernin has written several operas, two piano concertos and compositions for many performers and ensembles, including The Seymour Group, The Song Company, The Sydney Jewish Choral Society, the Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Chamber Made Opera, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

1995

Chamber of Horrors includes Charleston Noir, for four basses; Chamber of Horrors, for harp (1995), played by Alice Giles; Still Life, for viola and piano (2001); Gypsy Ramble, for viola, cello and piano (1996); Wild Rice, for cello (1996); and Velvet Revolution, for horn, violin and piano (1999).

2000

She was commissioned to write a piece, Page Turn, for the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition.

Her music was featured at the opening ceremonies of both the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

2006

One album is Chamber of Horrors, released in August 2006 by Tall Poppies Records.

2007

Kats-Chernin's "Eliza Aria" from her score for the ballet Wild Swans (ABC Classics) is used in Lloyds TSB's 2007 television advertisements.

2009

In 2009, Kats-Chernin was commissioned by the National Museum of Australia to write a piece for orchestra called Garden of Dreams, named for one of the architectural features of the museum, which premiered at the museum the same year.

Performances of Kats-Chernin's music are available on several commercially released recordings.

2010

In 2010, Wild Swans became the theme music for ABC Radio National's Late Night Live program until the end of 2015.

Kats-Chernin has written a number of ragtime pieces for piano; one of these, "Russian Rag", was used in two different instrumental ensemble arrangements, as the theme of Late Night Live until 2010.

It is also used as the New York theme in Adam Elliot's feature film, Mary and Max.

Kats-Chernin is a represented composer of the Australian Music Centre.

2018

They were first awarded in 2018.

2019

A portrait of Kats-Chernin by Australian portrait artist Wendy Sharpe was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery (Australia) in 2019.

Elena Kats-Chernin was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in January 2019 "for distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly to music, as an orchestral, operatic and chamber music composer".

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association.