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Chinary Ung
*1942 CN
Composer of Classical
Chinary Ung[pronunciation?] (born November 24, 1942 in Takéo, Cambodia) is a composer currently living in California, United States.After arriving in the US in 1964 to study clarinet, he turned to composition studies with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky, receiving a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University in 1974. In 1988, he became the first American to win the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award (Music Composition) for musical composition. Additionally, he received the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, as well as awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Asia Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, Joyce Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music Of Chinary Ung Vol. 3 | Chinary Ung | 2011 | Album |
| Luminous Spirals (Chamber Music Of Chinary Ung) | Chinary Ung - Da Capo Chamber Players | 2010 | Album |
| Seven Mirrors | Chinary Ung | 2005 | Album |
| Grand Spiral | Chinary Ung | 1996 | Album |
| Tabuh-Tabuhan / Inner Voices / Suite For Symphonic Strings | Colin McPhee / Chinary Ung / Lou Harrison - American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies | 1995 | Album |
| Tall Wind / Khse Buon / Beast Songs / Summer Air | Chinary Ung / Conrad Cummings | 1983 | Album |
| Cambodia I Traditional Music - Volume One: Instrumental & Vocal Pieces | Chinary Ung | 1978 | Album |
| Three Stylists (Megalith Trilogy / Inventions, Contours And Colors / Mohori) | Sydney Hodkinson / John Heiss / Chinary Ung | 1976 | Album |
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