Elena Kats-Chernin

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

Note by the composer: "This piece was written in 2006 (for violoncello and piano) for an exhibition dedicated to artists suffering from schizophrenia. The basis of the piece is a sequence of four chor...

Die Komponistin schrieb ihr Trio für die Haydn-Feierlichkeiten in Eisenstadt 2009. Angeregt von der Information, Haydn habe sich für sein Begräbnis den langsamen Satz seiner 'Trauersinfonie' Nr. 44 ge...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: 'Ein lyrisches Stück, das versucht, niemals den Boden zu berühren - denn ursprünglich war es ein Lied für Kinder über das Fliegen im Traum. In einer Version für großes Orche...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

Composer's note: 'Spring begins slowly as the elements prepare to burgeon with life. The following rhythmic pattern in D major is sprightly and irregular, everything in different stages of growth. Sum...

2002 komponierte Elena Kats-Chernin nach Hans Christian Andersens Märchen Die wilden Schwäne das Ballett Wild Swans für Australian Ballet und die Choreografin Mery Tankard - beide Künstlerinnen hatten...

2002 komponierte Elena Kats-Chernin nach Hans Christian Andersens Märchen 'Die wilden Schwäne' das Ballett 'Wild Swans' für Australian Ballet und die Choreografin Mery Tankard - beide Künstlerinnen ha...

Composer's note: 'This piece (originally for cello and piano) was written for an exhibition devoted to artists suffering schizophrenia in 2006. At the base of the piece is a 4-chord progression, very...

Anmerkung der Komponistin: 'Dieses Stück wurde 2006 (für Violoncello und Klavier) für eine Ausstellung geschrieben, die Künstlern gewidmet war, die an Schizophrenie leiden. Grundlange des Stücks ist e...

Die Komponistin zählt Green Leaf Prelude zu ihren liebsten Stücken und hat es für unterschiedlichste Besetzungen eingerichtet. Original handelt es sich um dem Beginn der Ballettmusik Wild Swans von 20...

Das rhapsodische, knapp zehnminütige Stück zieht seinen Reiz aus wechselnden Metren und verschiedenen dramatischen Steigerungen innerhalb einer insgesamt dunkel-verhangenen Stimmung. Die 'Ballade' des...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

Being Russian born I have a strong connection to the ballet scores of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and as a result in the Wild Swans, more than in any other work of mine, I allowed myself th...

The rhapsodic piece of almost ten minutes draws its charm from changing metres and various dramatic climaxes within an overall dark, overcast mood. The Ballade (ballad) of the title develops, after a...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The piece is part of the ballet Wild Swans, choreographed by Meryl Tankard at the Sydney Opera House in 2002, based on the fairy tale The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Originally scored for s...

The 10-minute piece was written in 2006 for the Berlin Philharmonic's education/dance project "Modern Times", three years after the orchestra had caused a sensation with "Rhythm Is It!". Purple Silenc...

The 10-minute piece was written in 2006 for the Berlin Philharmonic's education/dance project "Modern Times", three years after the orchestra had caused a sensation with "Rhythm Is It!". Purple Silenc...

Dieses Stück schrieb Elena Kats-Chernin im Auftrag einer guten Freundin als Geburtstagsüberraschung und Liebesgabe für deren Ehemann Tom. Die einzigen Vorgaben für die Komposition waren: eine Dauer vo...

Dieses Stück schrieb Elena Kats-Chernin im Auftrag einer guten Freundin als Geburtstagsüberraschung und Liebesgabe für deren Ehemann Tom. Die einzigen Vorgaben für die Komposition waren: eine Dauer vo...

Grand Rag is part of a project in which 67 composers each composed a piece for solo musicians of ANAM (Australian National Academy of Music) in 2021. Elena Kats-Chernin wrote her piece in close collab...