Anthony Cheung (composer)
Anthony Cheung | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | January 17, 1982
Academic background | |
Education | Harvard University (AB) Columbia University (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Music |
Sub-discipline | Musical composition Piano performance |
Institutions | University of Chicago Brown University |
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. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and history from Harvard University and a PhD in music from Columbia University.
Career
Cheung composes a wide range of concert music, including solo and orchestral works. His works have been commissioned by Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016, the Rome Prize in 2013, and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition (2008).
Cheung was the co-director of the Grossman Ensemble at the University of Chicago. He is an associate professor of music at Brown University.
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- American classical pianists
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- American male composers
- University of Chicago faculty
- Brown University faculty
- Columbia University alumni
- Harvard College alumni
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