Anthony Cheung (composer) explained

Anthony Cheung
Birth Date: January 17, 1982
Education:Harvard University (AB)
Columbia University (PhD)
Workplaces:University of Chicago
Brown University
Discipline:Music
Sub Discipline:Musical composition
Piano performance
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.

Anthony Cheung (born January 17, 1982) is an American composer and a pianist.

Early life and education

Cheung was born in San Francisco in 1982.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and history from Harvard University and a PhD in music from Columbia University.[2]

Career

Cheung composes a wide range of concert music, including solo and orchestral works. His works have been commissioned by Ensemble Modern,[3] [4] Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016,[5] the Rome Prize in 2013,[6] and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition (2008).[7]

Cheung was the co-director of the Grossman Ensemble at the University of Chicago. He is an associate professor of music at Brown University.[8]

References

  1. Web site: Anthony Cheung . 2022-07-31 . WQXR . en.
  2. Web site: 2016-04-22 . Anthony Cheung . 2022-07-31 . Columbia University Department of Music . en.
  3. News: Kosman . Joshua . CD review: Anthony Cheung, 'Roundabouts' . 20 September 2020 . SFGate . 2 January 2015.
  4. News: 40 Jahre Ensemble Modern mit Gastspiel in Dresden. de . 20 September 2020 . Dresdner Neueste Nachtichten . 8 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Anthony Cheung: Fellow Awarded 2016 . 20 September 2020 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  6. Web site: Anthony Cheung: Luciano Berio Rome Prize . 8 March 2013 . 20 September 2020 . American Academy in Rome.
  7. Web site: Anthony Cheung Music Department . 2020-05-20 . music.uchicago.edu.
  8. Web site: Assistant Professor Anthony Cheung to join Brown University Music Department Music Department . 2022-07-31 . music.uchicago.edu.