KATS-CHERNIN, Elena
(*1957)> PIANIST · TEACHER · COMPOSER
KATS-CHERNIN, Elena Australian pianist, teacher and composer. Tashkent, USSR, November 4, 1957. She began her musical studies at the age of six at Yaroslav Music School and later attended the Gnesina Music School in Australia in 1975. She attended the New South Wales Conservatorium in Sydney, where she studied composition under Richard Toop and the piano under Gordon Watson. In 1978 she won the Shadforth Hooper Prize for the most outstanding piano recital of the year. She graduated from the…