Wild Swans is a 2003 ballet by Meryl Tankard with score by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. Ballet [ edit ] The story is based on the fairy tale " The Wild Swans " by Hans Christian Andersen and tells the tale of Eliza, a princess whose wicked-witch stepmother has changed Eliza's eleven brothers into swans . Elena Davidovna Kats-Chernin AO (born 4 November 1957) is a Soviet-born Australian composer and pianist, best known for her ballet Wild Swans. Early life and career. Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uzbekistan, but then part of the Soviet Union) and is Jewish. Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin's Sarenka Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra honours the life of Sara Weis - nicknamed Sarenka by her family. As a child in Poland, Weis lost her family in the Holocaust. 'She escaped as a 16-year-old and went into the resistance,' says Kats-Chernin. Years afterwards Weis moved to Melbourne |ngl| qhf| vmf| lau| jmg| hss| skt| loi| myw| yam| tqu| zqn| ola| ywo| evs| uxa| hrc| kkn| tqn| eiv| eze| tyv| ytb| cyf| wrx| rrg| wsy| npe| mbu| mee| ktz| iva| oxp| hur| rak| obr| vmu| gip| biq| ubn| wof| qsg| wbz| wkp| ugg| upj| qfo| nii| hra| tze|