Elena Kats-Chernin music manuscripts (2), 2006-2007

MLMSS 7791/Box 1X

fonds

2006-2007

Textual Records, Manuscript Notated Music

896965

0.44 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)

Elena Kats-Chernin (1957- ) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (former USSR). She received her musical training in Yaroslavi and Moscow before emigrating to Australia in 1975. She studied composition with Richard Toop at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, graduating in 1980, and then studied with Heimut Lachenmann in Hanover, Germany. After a decade in Europe, Kats-Chernin returned to live in Sydney in 1994. She has composed in nearly every genre, from orchestral compositions to chamber, choral, ensemble and stage works. Her music featured at the opening ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Kats-Chernin is also a pianist, and the piano figures prominently in her output.
Further biographical information can be obtained from the Boosey & Hawkes website, www.boosey.com

11 Oct. 2006; Blue Silence for piano solo by Elena Kats-Chernin. 1 ms. score in ink (1 page) in the hand of the composer. Originally composed for violoncello and piano.

28 Apr. 2007; Fast Blue Village 1 for piano by Elena Kats-Chernin. 1 ms. score in ink (3 pages) in the hand of the composer.