Elena Kats-Chernin is an Australian composer, resident in Sydney. Her vibrant and uplifting music has been performed and recorded by several symphony, opera and ballet companies and featured at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games (Deep Sea Dreaming) and the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Eliza’s Aria from Meryl Tankard’s ballet Wild Swans and the Russian Rag, have become Elena’s most recognisable pieces. She has received many prestigious prizes such as the Helpmann, Limelight, Sounds Australian, Sydney Theatre Award and the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award. In 2017 ABC Classics released a comprehensive 10 CD Boxset Collection of her music.

Her Piano Concerto no. 3 “Lebewohl”, premiered at QPAC in September 2018 by Tamara-Anna Cislowska and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO), received a rapturous reception.