“The immediately striking features of Elena’s work are its playful counterpoint, a certain delicacy of texture, a delight in the sound worlds of instruments singly and in combination, a great facility with orchestral colour ”
Robert Thicknesse
“It’s nimble and light, sensual without forcing the point…”
The Guardian – Kate Molleson
She can do sardonic astringency but also evoke surreal otherworldliness or romantic yearning. It all depends on her chosen texts to which she responds in meticulous details.
The Times – Richard Morrison