Nationality: Australian

CLIFFORD, Hubert

Born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, May 31, 1904
Died in Singapore, Sept 4, 1959

Clifford was born in Australia, and moved to London to study with Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Clifford taught music at a boys’ school, composed extensively for the BBC and has many film scores to his credit.¹

Born in Cape Town, Nov 18, 1895
Died in Sydney, Dec 2, 1982

Evans was an Australian pianist and composer. His family emigrated from South Africa to Australia when he was a child.
Evans was Nellie Melba’s accompanist on several concert tours.
Evans achieved fame in Australia as the host of the radio shows “Adventures in Music” (1932-9) and “Mr. Melody Man” (1941-69), a music show for children, which he later re-created for television.²

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Dec 29, 1912
Died in Sydney, Australia, June 25, 1990

Though Glanville-Hicks was born in Australia, she became a naturalized American citizen.
She was inspired by the melodies and rhythms of music traditions from around the world, including Spain, India, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, South America, the Italian peninsula, and ancient Greece. These traditions directly translated into her music.
In addition to composing, Glanville-Hicks was an active music critic and concert organizer. She was particularly passionate about promoting and recording new music.³

Percy Grainger playing in a benefit concert for the Red Cross in 1917.

Born in Brighton, Victoria, July 8, 1882
Died in White Plains, NY, Feb 20, 1961

Image courtesy of Boosey & Hawkes

Born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Nov 4, 1957

Elena Kats-Chernin is an Australian composer of Uzbek origin. In 1975, she emigrated with her family to Australia.
Kats-Chernin spent over a decade living and composing in Germany before returning to Sydney in 1994, where she still currently resides.
The composer’s catalog includes works for stage, orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and solo instruments. Her music often involves a single, simple idea which is then manipulated in distinctive ways.
- “Important aspects of her works are concerned with an exploration of timbres and textures and a sense of the ridiculous.”⁴

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Biography from Opera Australia