Biography
Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957 in Tashkent) is an Australian composer of Uzbek-Jewish origin. After studying in Moscow, Sydney, and Hanover, she settled in Australia, where she became one of the country's most frequently performed composers. Her output spans operas, ballets, orchestral, and chamber music; her ballet Wild Swans and the Eliza Aria derived from it gained international fame. Her music combines classical forms with elements of ragtime, tango, and cabaret into an immediately accessible, rhythmically vivid style.
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