Elena Kats-Chernin is one of Australia's leading composers * Trained in Moscow, Australia, and Germany, her distinctive idiom reflects her unique personal history * Music often combines chiseled rhythmic pulsation with a bittersweet melodic/harmonic language * Diverse output includes operas, orchestral works, chamber and solo pieces, plus music for dance, film, and theater * Interpreters include Ensemble Modern, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Looking Ahead: ongoing Lloyds TSB advertising campaign using Eliza Aria from Wild Swans; new oratorio for community chorus & orchestra to words by Ralph Steadman; composes a homage to Astor Piazzolla for orchestra; CD releases "Slow Food" with the composer as pianist and own works (Tall Poppies Records), and "Phoenix Story" for two cellos with the Ng Twins (Melba Recordings)
"Her status as one of this country’s most prolific and consistently innovative composers remains unchallenged… [She] appears to achieve the impossible, straddling the two seemingly irreconcilable camps of intellectualism and accessibility." - Sydney Morning Herald
