Elena Kats-Chernin

Elena Kats-Chernin's vibrant and distinctive music across all genres has reached millions worldwide, featuring at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, her accolades include as Officer of the Order of Australia, Helpmann, Limelight, Sounds Australian and Sydney Theatre Awards, the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the 2022 Australian Women in Music Award for ‘Artistic Excellence’. Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Kats-Chernin has written for ballet, opera and theatre, and is performed by all major orchestras in Australia, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Komische Oper Berlin, Deutsche Kammerorchester Berlin, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Orchestra, and in festivals worldwide. Her opera, WHITELEY, for Opera Australia, was nominated in the 2020 International Opera Awards for ‘Best new opera’.; Eliza Aria from Meryl Tankard’s ballet, Wild Swans, was made famous by British bank Lloyds TSB; Russian Rag in claymation film Mary and Max. Kats-Chernin’s music for episodic Australian opera for television, The Divorce, was watched by over a million viewers on ABC TV. 2023 world premieres include Kats-Chernin’s first violin concerto, commissioned by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for violinist Emily Sun; double concerto ‘Sarenko’ for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, ‘KAIROS’ presented by FORM Dance Project for Sydney Festival, opera premieres in Zurich, Magdeburg and Bremerhaven and for Komische Oper Berlin.