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'''Chinary Ung'''{{IPA needed}} (born November 24, 1942, [[Takéo]], [[Cambodia]]) is a composer. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study [[clarinet]], he additionally studied composition with [[Chou Wen-chung]] and [[Mario Davidovsky]], receiving a [[Doctor of Musical Arts]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1974. His music is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation, and his series of pieces titled ''Spiral'' has received considerable acclaim. Now a U.S. resident, Ung teaches at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. Previously, he had taught at [[Northern Illinois University]], [[Connecticut College]], the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and [[Arizona State University]]. In 1988, he became the first American to win the [[Grawemeyer Award|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]], [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]], [[Joyce Foundation]], and [[The National Endowment for the Arts]]. In October 2007 the [[Del Sol String Quartet]] was invited to premiere the composer's ''Spiral X'' playing the [[Library of Congress]]' collection of [[Stradivarius]] instruments. He |
'''Chinary Ung'''{{IPA needed}} (born November 24, 1942, [[Takéo]], [[Cambodia]]) is a composer. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study [[clarinet]], he additionally studied composition with [[Chou Wen-chung]] and [[Mario Davidovsky]], receiving a [[Doctor of Musical Arts]] from [[Columbia University]] in 1974. His music is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation, and his series of pieces titled ''Spiral'' has received considerable acclaim. Now a U.S. resident, Ung teaches at the [[University of California, San Diego]]. Previously, he had taught at [[Northern Illinois University]], [[Connecticut College]], the [[University of Pennsylvania]], and [[Arizona State University]]. In 1988, he became the first American to win the [[Grawemeyer Award|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]], [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]], [[Joyce Foundation]], and [[The National Endowment for the Arts]]. In October 2007 the [[Del Sol String Quartet]] was invited to premiere the composer's ''Spiral X'' playing the [[Library of Congress]]' collection of [[Stradivarius]] instruments. He remains committed to the cause of Cambodian music and culture. He frequently lectures and performs in Asia and is the principal curator for the 2013 Season of Cambodia festival in New York. |
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Chinary Ung[needs IPA] (born November 24, 1942, Takéo, Cambodia) is a composer. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study clarinet, he additionally studied composition with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky, receiving a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University in 1974. His music is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation, and his series of pieces titled Spiral has received considerable acclaim. Now a U.S. resident, Ung teaches at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, he had taught at Northern Illinois University, Connecticut College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Arizona State University. In 1988, he became the first American to win the 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. In October 2007 the Del Sol String Quartet was invited to premiere the composer's Spiral X playing the Library of Congress' collection of Stradivarius instruments. He remains committed to the cause of Cambodian music and culture. He frequently lectures and performs in Asia and is the principal curator for the 2013 Season of Cambodia festival in New York.
Awards
- Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (1989) for Inner Voices
- Friedheim Award (1989) for Spiral
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1981, 1988)
List of selected works
- 1970 - Tall Wind, for soprano and chamber ensemble
- 1974 - Mohori, for soprano and chamber ensemble
- 1980 - Khse Buon, for solo cello or viola
- 1986 - Inner Voices, for orchestra
- 1987 - Spiral, for cello, piano, and percussion
- 1989 - Spiral II, for soprano, tuba, and piano
- 1990 - Grand Spiral: Desert Flowers Bloom, for symphonic band
- 1992 - Spiral VI, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- 1995 - Antiphonal Spirals, for orchestra
- 1997 - Seven Mirrors, for solo piano
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