Elena Davidovna Kats-Chernin (born 4 November 1957) is a Soviet-born Australian pianist and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
, best known for her ballet ''
Wild Swans
''Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China'' is a family history that spans a century, recounting the lives of three female generations in China, by Chinese writer Jung Chang. First published in 1991, ''Wild Swans'' contains the biographies of her g ...
''.
Early life and career
Elena Kats-Chernin was born in
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
(now the capital of independent
Uzbekistan
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, but then part of the Soviet Union) and is Jewish. She studied at the Yaroslavl Music School and the
Gnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык ...
in Moscow from age 14, and migrated to Australia in 1975, continuing her studies at the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the old ...
, under
Richard Toop
Richard Toop (1945 – 19 June 2017) was a British-Australian musicologist.
Toop was born in Chichester, England, in 1945. He studied at Hull University, where his teachers included Denis Arnold.
In 1973 he became Karlheinz Stockhausen's teachi ...
(
composition
Composition or Compositions may refer to:
Arts and literature
*Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography
*Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...
) and
Gordon Watson (piano). She also participated in the
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. I ...
underground theatre scene, with groups such as Cabaret Conspiracy, Fifi Lamour, Boom Boom La Burn and others, often under the name Elena Kats.
Europe
Kats-Chernin studied with
Helmut Lachenmann
Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann (born 27 November 1935) is a German composer of contemporary classical music. His work has been associated with "instrumental musique concrète".
Life and works
Lachenmann was born in Stuttgart and after the end of ...
in Germany. She remained in Europe for thirteen years, and became active in
theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
and
ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
, composing for state theatres in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg and
Bochum
Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...
. In 1993 she wrote ''Clocks'' for the
Ensemble Modern
Ensemble Modern is an international ensemble dedicated to performing and promoting the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany, and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries.
Hi ...
. It has since been performed around the world.
Australia
Since returning to Australia in 1994, Kats-Chernin has written several
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
s, two
piano concerto
A piano concerto is a type of concerto, a solo composition in the classical music genre which is composed for a piano player, which is typically accompanied by an orchestra or other large ensemble. Piano concertos are typically virtuoso showpiec ...
s and compositions for many performers and
ensemble
Ensemble may refer to:
Art
* Architectural ensemble
* ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album
* Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary
* Ensemble cast (drama, comedy)
* Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus
* ''En ...
s, including The Seymour Group, The Song Company, the
Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Dame
Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish people, Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.
Early life
Glennie was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire in Sco ...
,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Chamber Made Opera
Chamber Made, formerly known as Chamber Made Opera, is an Australian arts organisation based in Melbourne, creating work operating at the intersections of music, sound and contemporary performance.
Formed in 1988 by theatre director and Libretto ...
, the
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975.Verghis, Sharon"Bach with more bite pays off" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2 September 2005. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appo ...
and the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra that was initially formed in 1908. Since its opening in 1973, the Sydney Opera House has been its home concert hall. Simone Young is the orchestra's chief conductor and firs ...
. She was commissioned to write a piece, ''Page Turn'', for the 2000
Sydney International Piano Competition
The Sydney International Piano Competition is a music competition, presented in Sydney and broadcast live throughout Australia and internationally. It is held every four years, over a three-week period in July–August, and is internationally r ...
. Her music was featured at the opening ceremonies of both the
2000 Sydney Olympic Games and the
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...
.
She wrote three
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack o ...
s for a co-production between German/French TV channels
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
/
ARTE
Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture.
It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plus ...
:
Victor Sjöström
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's ' (''
The Phantom Carriage
''The Phantom Carriage'' ( sv, Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lag ...
'', 1921),
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holl ...
and
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (19 ...
's ''
People on Sunday
''People on Sunday'' (german: Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1930 German silent drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer from a screenplay by Robert and Curt Siodmak. The film follows a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day d ...
'' (', 1930), and
G. W. Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic.
...
's ''
The Devious Path
''The Devious Path'' (german: Abwege), also titled ''Crisis'', is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Gustav Diessl and Brigitte Helm.
Plot
Irene is frustrated by the inattentiveness of her lawyer husband T ...
'' (', 1928). Kats-Chernin's other works include ''Charleston Noir'' for solo
piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, ''Rockhampton Garden Symphonies'' with Mark Svendsen for solo voices, mixed
choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
s and
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
, and ''
Wild Swans
''Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China'' is a family history that spans a century, recounting the lives of three female generations in China, by Chinese writer Jung Chang. First published in 1991, ''Wild Swans'' contains the biographies of her g ...
'', a collaboration with
choreographer
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...
Meryl Tankard
Meryl Tankard is an Australian dancer and choreographer who has a wide national and international reputation.
Early life and education
Tankard's father served in the Royal Australian Air Force and the family moved to various bases during her ea ...
.
She has won numerous music composition prizes in Australia, and her pieces are regularly broadcast on
ABC Classic FM radio. In 2009, Kats-Chernin was commissioned by the
National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia, in the national capital Canberra, preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation. It was formally established by the ''National Muse ...
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. One album is ''Chamber of Horrors'', released in August 2006 by
Tall Poppies Records. ''Chamber of Horrors'' includes ''Charleston Noir'', for four
basses; ''Chamber of Horrors'', for
harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...
(1995), played by
Alice Giles
Alice Rosemary Giles (born c. 1961) is an Australian classical harpist.
Early life and education
She was born in Adelaide,[viola
The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...]
and piano (2001); ''Gypsy Ramble'', for viola,
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
and piano (1996); ''Wild Rice'', for cello (1996); and ''Velvet Revolution'', for
horn
Horn most often refers to:
*Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound
** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments
*Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
, violin and piano (1999).
Kats-Chernin's "
Eliza Aria" from her score for the ballet ''Wild Swans'' (
ABC Classics
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
) is used in
Lloyds TSB
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's 2007 television advertisements. In 2010, ''Wild Swans'' became the theme music for ABC
Radio National
Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide public service broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2.
History
1937: Predecessors an ...
's ''
Late Night Live
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Since 1991, the program has been hosted by farmer, writer and public intellectual P ...
'' program until the end of 2015.
Kats-Chernin has written a number of
ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...
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
''Mary and Max'' is a 2009 Australian independent stop-motion adult-animated comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and was his first animated feature film. The film was produced by Melanie Coombs and Melodrama Pictures with ...
''.
Kats-Chernin is a represented composer of the
Australian Music Centre
The Australian Music Centre (AMC), formerly known briefly as Sounds Australian, is a national organisation promoting and supporting art music in Australia, founded in 1974. It co-hosts the Art Music Awards along with APRA AMCOS, and publishes '' ...
.
A portrait of Kats-Chernin by Australian portrait artist
Wendy Sharpe
Wendy Sharpe (born 1960 in Sydney) is an Australian artist who lives and works in Sydney and Paris. She is the only child of British parents and has a Russian Jewish heritage. Her father is the writer and historian Alan Sharpe. She counts ...
was acquired by the
National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
The National Portrait Gallery (NGPA) in Canberra is a public art gallery containing portraits of prominent Australians. It was established in 1998 and moved to its present building on King Edward Terrace in December 2008.
History
In the earl ...
in 2019.
Honours and awards
Elena Kats-Chernin was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
(AO) in January 2019 "for distinguished service to the performing arts, particularly to music, as an orchestral, operatic and chamber music composer".
ARIA Music Awards
The
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of
Australian music
The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of a 40,000- to 60,000-year history which produced the iconic didgeridoo. Contemporary fusions of ...
. They commenced in 1987.
!
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,
2005
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, ''Wild Swans''
, rowspan="2" ,
Best Classical Album
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*From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical
*In 1964 and 1977 it wa ...
,
, rowspan="2" ,
[ARIA Award previous winners. ]
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,
2008
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, ''Slow Food''
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,
2017
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,
Best Children's Album
, ''A Piece of Quiet (The Hush Collection, Vol. 16)''
(with
Lior
Lior Attar, better known simply as Lior, is an independent Australian singer-songwriter based in Melbourne. He is best known for his 2005 debut studio album ''Autumn Flow'' and for the song "Hoot's Lullaby".
Early life and education
Lior was bo ...
and
The Idea of North
The Idea of North are an Australian a cappella vocal ensemble founded in Canberra in 1993, by Nick Begbie (tenor), Meg Corson (alto), Trish Delaney-Brown (soprano) and Andrew Piper (bass). In March 2002 Corson was replaced as alto by Naomi Cr ...
)
,
, -
Australian Women in Music Awards
The
Australian Women in Music Awards
Australian Women in Music Awards (commonly known informally as AWMA) is an annual awards ceremony and conference celebrating the contributions of women in all areas of the Australian music industry. The two-day program includes forums, a show ...
is an annual event that celebrates outstanding women in the
Australian Music Industry
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Au ...
who have made significant and lasting contributions in their chosen field. They commenced in 2018.
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2021
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, rowspan="2", Elena Kats-Chernin
, Artistic Excellence Award
,
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, Excellence in Classical Music Award
,
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
The
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
The Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards were created in 1984 by the trustees of the Sidney Myer Fund to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sidney Myer
Sidney Myer (born Simcha Myer Baevski (); 8 February 18785 September 1934) was a Ru ...
commenced in 1984 and recognise outstanding achievements in dance, drama, comedy, music, opera, circus and puppetry.
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, 2013 , , Elena Kats-Chernin , , Individual Award , ,
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Works
Operas
* ''Iphis'', Sydney, 1997
* ''Matricide, the Musical'', Melbourne, 1998
* ''Mr Barbeque'',
Lismore, New South Wales
Lismore is a city in northeastern New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore Local government in Australia, local government area; it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State. It ...
, 2002
* ''Rage of Life'',
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , 2010
* ''George'',
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
-
Herrenhausen, 2014
* ''
The Divorce
The Divorce was a rock band from Seattle, Washington, originally composed of Shane Berry, lead vocals, keyboard, guitar and tambourine, (bass) and Kyle Risan, drums.
History
The band's first full-length release was ''There Will Be Blood Tonig ...
'', for
ABC Television ABC Television most commonly refers to:
*ABC Television Network of the American Broadcasting Company, United States, or
*ABC Television (Australian TV network), a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia
ABC Television or ABC ...
, 2015
* ''The Monteverdi Trilogy''
* ''Whiteley'', 2019
* ''Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer'', 2019
* ',
Staatstheater Kassel 2021, adaptation of
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1908), a classic of children's literature, as well as ''The Reluctant Dragon (short story), T ...
's children's book ''
The Wind in the Willows
''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets ...
''
Ballets
* ''
Wild Swans
''Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China'' is a family history that spans a century, recounting the lives of three female generations in China, by Chinese writer Jung Chang. First published in 1991, ''Wild Swans'' contains the biographies of her g ...
'' (including "
Eliza Aria")
Vocal
* ''Land of Sweeping Plains'', SA choir and piano (set to
Dorothea Mackellar
Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar, (1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968) was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem ''My Country'' is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, which begins: "''I love a sunburnt country/ ...
, ''
My Country
"My Country" is a poem about Australia, written by Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968) at the age of 19 while homesick in the United Kingdom. After travelling through Europe extensively with her father during her teenage years, she started ...
'')
* ''Rockhampton Garden Symphonies'', solo voices, mixed
choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
s and
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
(with Mark Svendsen)
* ''The Uninvited Stranger'', 2007, SATB choir (text by Sandy Jeffs)
* ''Human Waves'', 2020, SATB choir (text by
Tamara Anna Cislowska
Tamara-Anna Cislowska is an Australian concert pianist. She has performed across many countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, South America, Italy, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, The Netherlands and Poland, and has played w ...
)
Instrumental
* ''Butterflying''
* ''Blue Silence''
* ''Cadences, Deviations and Scarlatti''
* ''Calliope Dreaming'', 2009
* ''Chamber of Horrors'', for
harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...
* ''Charleston Noir''
* ''Clocks''
* ''Cinema''
* ''Frankenstein'' (incidental music, 2013)
* ''Gypsy Ramble'', for viola,
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
and piano
* ''In Tension''
* ''Intermezzo Days''
* ''Lullaby for Nick''
* ''Meditations of Eric Satie: Unsent Love Letters ''
* ''Page Turn''
* ''Peggy's Minute Rag''
* ''Phoenix Story''
* ''Purple Prelude''
* ''Russian Rags''
* ''Schubert Blues''
* ''Setting Out''
* ''Slicked Back Tango''
* ''Spirit and the Maiden''
* ''Still Life'', for
viola
The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...
and piano
* ''Stur in Dur''
* ''Tast-en''
* ''The Offering'', Piano Quintet No. 1 (2016)
* ''Three Dancers'' (2015)
* ''Trio Grandios''
* ''Variations in a Serious Black Dress''
* ''Velvet Revolution'', for
horn
Horn most often refers to:
*Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound
** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments
*Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
, violin and piano
* ''Wild Rice'', for cello (1996)
* ''Zoom and Zip''
Orchestral/concertante
* ''Deep Sea Dreaming''
* ''Garden of Dreams''
* Harpsichord Concerto ("Ancient Letters"), for
Mahan Esfahani
* ''Night and Now'' (for flute and orchestra)
* ''Ornamental Air'' (for clarinet and orchestra)
* Piano Concerto (''Displaced Dances'')
* 2nd Piano Concerto
* ''Prelude and Cube''
* ''Retonica''
* ''Singing Trees''
* ''Stairs''
* ''Symphonia Eluvium''
* ''Transfer''
* Violin Concerto
* ''The Witching Hour'', concerto for 8
double bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...
es and orchestra (2016), commissioned for the
Australian World Orchestra
Australian World Orchestra (AWO) is a symphony orchestra based in Australia.
History
The Australian World Orchestra was established in 2011 by Australian conductor Alexander Briger AO and his sister, film maker Gabrielle Thompson AM. The ...
"At the witching hour, it’s all about the (double) bass"
by Emily Ritchie, ''The Australian
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'', 24 September 2016
* ''Inner Angels'', commissioned for the Melbourne Youth Orchestra
Films
* ''Körkarlen'' (''The Phantom Carriage
''The Phantom Carriage'' ( sv, Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lag ...
'')
* ''People on Sunday
''People on Sunday'' (german: Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1930 German silent drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer from a screenplay by Robert and Curt Siodmak. The film follows a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day d ...
'' (')
* ''Abwege'' (''The Devious Path
''The Devious Path'' (german: Abwege), also titled ''Crisis'', is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst starring Gustav Diessl and Brigitte Helm.
Plot
Irene is frustrated by the inattentiveness of her lawyer husband T ...
'')
References
External links
Elena Kats-Chernin
at Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments.
Formed in 1930 throu ...
Music Publishing
All tracks from her 2005 album ''Ragtime & Blue''
Kats-Chernin's Myspace page
Interview with Elena Kats-Chernin
"In the key of flat-out major"
by Deborah Jones, ''The Australian
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Audio and transcript of Kats-Chernin on convict love tokens, the subject of a movement in ''Garden of Dreams''
National Museum of Australia
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Audio and transcript of Kats-Chernin on "Kimberley points", the subject of a movement in ''Garden of Dreams''
National Museum of Australia
"Trees have roots, Jews have legs"
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1957 births
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Australian film score composers
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