Kismet: Vignettes for violin & piano by Elena Kats-Chernin

Join violinist Vov Dylan and pianist Clemens Leske in a presentation of new works by celebrated Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

This concert will feature not only music from their album Kismet: Vignettes for violin and piano but also several new pieces yet to be recorded. Stories of inspiration behind the music, and showcases the joy of friendship through music.

‘During the first lockdown of the 2020 I found myself composing random unrequested pieces, organised in a collection called Isolation Suite. When Vov contacted me in 2021 about a student playing a piece of mine, we got to chat about what I was writing at the time and I played some of those pieces to him. That started an avalanche of new arrangements for Vov, of these and some other works of mine for violin, piano and some other formations, always with Vov’s beautiful violin playing in mind… After a while we found that there was enough material to record a whole album. Vov has done an incredible job of putting this project together and getting wonderful musicians on board to play with him.’ Elena Kats-Chernin