{"id":414,"date":"2022-05-05T04:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T04:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2024-08-28T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:31:48","slug":"kats-chernin-eliza-b-1957-blue-silence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414","title":{"rendered":"Kats-Chernin, Eliza (b. 1957) &#8211; Blue silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:21px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe class=\"fusion-hidden\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" src=\"\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-privacy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1b9mGjJvKCg?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder\" style=\"width:600px; height:360px;\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder-content\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-label\">For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded.<\/div><a href=\"\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" class=\"fusion-button button-default fusion-button-default-size button fusion-privacy-consent\">I Accept<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left\" style=\"--awb-hover-accent-color:#c0eeff;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(0,0,0,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36; --minfontsize: 28;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">&#8220;To be human&#8221; program note<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #f2f2f2;\">Composer and pianist Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Uzbekistan in 1957, and spent several years studying at Gnessin Musical College before immigrating to Australia with her family in 1975, at the age of 17. She studied at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music and then in Hanover, Germany, remaining in the country for 13 years before returning to Australia in 1994. Kats-Chernin has composed prolifically across many genres, including but not limited to film, theatre, ballet, orchestra and chamber music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #f2f2f2;\"><i>Blue Silence<\/i> was originally written for violoncello and piano, and was premiered in 2006. Since then, Kats-Chernin has arranged it for many ensemble configurations. It was commissioned by Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre and was written as part of the <i>Triptych for silence<\/i>, for an exhibition devoted to schizophrenia sufferers, entitled <i>For Matthew and Others<\/i>. This was of personal significance to Kats-Chernin, as her son, Alex Chernin, was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1998, and a selection of 20 of his artworks were included in the exhibition. The title <i>Blue Silence<\/i> came from Elena\u2019s yearning to provide some respite and peace to her son, Alex, from the hostile voices he experienced as part of his condition. Regarding the word \u2018blue\u2019 Elena states:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px; color: #f2f2f2;\"><i>I felt it needed some colour, and I thought if I give silence a colour it takes away that sort of heaviness of the word. And I felt of all colours, the colour blue is the most light and kind of the sky, the colour of the sky, colour of the healing\u2014plus, it&#8217;s actually his favourite colour, Alex&#8217;s favourite colour.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #f2f2f2;\">The piece is quite simple, understated and minimalist in style, and is based a progression of four chords. It evokes stillness and calm, with an underlying poignancy and yearning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--body_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--body_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--body_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--body_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--body_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--body_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3088\" height=\"2315\" title=\"Elena Kats-Chernin with her son Alex, photo credit Bridget Elliot\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%273088%27%20height%3D%272315%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203088%202315%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%273088%27%20height%3D%272315%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EKC-w-Alex-cred-BridgetElliot-IMG_1521.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-559\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Elena Kats-Chernin with her son Alex, photo credit Bridget Elliot<\/p>\n<p>For Natalie Kestecher&#8217;s interview with Elena Kats-Chernin on this piece, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/rn\/features\/silence\/blue\/\">ABC Radio National<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kats-Chernin, Eliza (b. 1957) - Blue silence - Australian Piano Trios<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kats-Chernin, Eliza (b. 1957) - Blue silence - Australian Piano Trios\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Australian Piano Trios\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-28T12:31:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414\",\"name\":\"Kats-Chernin, Eliza (b. 1957) - Blue silence - Australian Piano Trios\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-05T04:57:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-28T12:31:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=414#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Featured works\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/australianpianotrios.com\/?page_id=15\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Kats-Chernin, Eliza (b. 1957) &#8211; 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