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.
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]
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]