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Eliza Aria Wild Swans

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Released: Feb 18, 2009

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Eliza Aria Wild Swans
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Genre: Classical / Experimental / Pop
Location AU
Profile Views: 176509
Last Login: 11/17/2010
Member Since 7/7/2006
Website http://www.boosey.com/composer/Elena+Kats-Chernin
Record Label Tall Poppies
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. ...... ...... This official Elena Kats-Chernin myspace page is operated by colleagues at Elena Kats-Chernin's music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, with input and collaboration from the composer herself. Read, listen, and enjoy! .... Elena Kats-Chernin (1957- ), born in Tashkent, received her musical training in Yaroslavl and Moscow before emigrating from the former Soviet Union to Australia in 1975. She studied composition with Richard Toop, graduating in 1980, and then studied with Helmut Lachenmann in Hanover, Germany, with the assistance of a DAAD Fellowship. Whilst in Europe she composed for theatre and ballet in Germany. .... Since returning to Australia in 1994, she wrote three operas, 2 piano concertos and works for many performers and ensembles, including Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Evelyn Glennie, Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. Her music has featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup..... The score for the ballet "Wild Swans" choreographed by Meryl Tankard for the Australian Ballet in 2003, won the Green Room Award as well as the Helpmann Award 2004 for the best original score. The music for the ballet was arranged by EKC into a concert suite for soprano and orchestra and in June 2005 released as a CD by ABC Classics. .... Six portrait CD's of her music have been released so far: "Clocks", ABC Classics, "Unceremonious Processions", Wergo, "Purple Black & Blues", Tall Poppies, "Wild Swans", ABC Classics, "Ragtime & Blue", Signum Records, and "Chamber of Horrors," on Tall Poppies. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. ...... .. .. .... ..........SHOP............ .... .. .. .. ........Elena Kats-Chernin - Butterflying..$1.96...... ........Elena Kats-Chernin - Eliza Aria..$7.10...... ........Elena Kats-Chernin - Book of Rags..$23.12...... .. .. .. .. ......
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"If I were to just grab some names out of the "INSPIRATION" bag, I would probably say: Rachmaninov, Shostakovitch, Prokofiev, Ravel, Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, Globokar, Xenakis, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Bach, Tom Waits, Garbage, David Bowie, Ennio Morricone. The list always fluctuates and gets longer and shorter. .... "I must say though that, while composing, I try not to listen too much to any music, and don't have a chance really, it is too distracting. And, because I compose constantly, I actually don't listen to music much at all. Only very sporadically and mostly in concerts, almost never on CD's." -- EKC
Sounds Like
Her music is so easy to like and lots of fun for those who are just wetting their feet with contemporary concert music. Click ..HERE .. to find a live performance near you. .. ........ .. .. .. .......... .......... .. .. .......... .......... .. ..

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Bio:

This official Elena Kats-Chernin myspace page is operated by colleagues at Elena Kats-Chernin's music publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, with input and collaboration from the composer herself. Read, listen, and enjoy!

Elena Kats-Chernin (1957- ), born in Tashkent, received her musical training in Yaroslavl and Moscow before emigrating from the former Soviet Union to Australia in 1975. She studied composition with Richard Toop, graduating in 1980, and then studied with Helmut Lachenmann in Hanover, Germany, with the assistance of a DAAD Fellowship. Whilst in Europe she composed for theatre and ballet in Germany.

Since returning to Australia in 1994, she wrote three operas, 2 piano concertos and works for many performers and ensembles, including Sydney Alpha Ensemble, Evelyn Glennie, Bang on a Can All-Stars, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. Her music has featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

The score for the ballet "Wild Swans" choreographed by Meryl Tankard for the Australian Ballet in 2003, won the Green Room Award as well as the Helpmann Award 2004 for the best original score. The music for the ballet was arranged by EKC into a concert suite for soprano and orchestra and in June 2005 released as a CD by ABC Classics.

Six portrait CD's of her music have been released so far: "Clocks", ABC Classics, "Unceremonious Processions", Wergo, "Purple Black & Blues", Tall Poppies, "Wild Swans", ABC Classics, "Ragtime & Blue", Signum Records, and "Chamber of Horrors," on Tall Poppies.

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Elena Kats-Chernin - Butterflying
$1.96

Elena Kats-Chernin - Eliza Aria
$7.10

Elena Kats-Chernin - Book of Rags
$23.12

Member Since:

July 07, 2006

Influences:

"If I were to just grab some names out of the "INSPIRATION" bag, I would probably say: Rachmaninov, Shostakovitch, Prokofiev, Ravel, Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, Globokar, Xenakis, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Bach, Tom Waits, Garbage, David Bowie, Ennio Morricone. The list always fluctuates and gets longer and shorter.

"I must say though that, while composing, I try not to listen too much to any music, and don't have a chance really, it is too distracting. And, because I compose constantly, I actually don't listen to music much at all. Only very sporadically and mostly in concerts, almost never on CD's." -- EKC

Sounds Like:

Her music is so easy to like and lots of fun for those who are just wetting their feet with contemporary concert music. Click HERE to find a live performance near you.