Chinary Ung

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Chinary Ung

Communications

#11285

World Rank

#15142

Historical Rank

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Chinary Ung's Degrees

• Doctorate Composition Columbia University
• Masters Composition Manhattan School of Music
• Bachelors Composition Manhattan School of Music

Why Is Chinary Ung Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Chinary Ung is a composer currently living in California, United States. Career After arriving in the US in 1965 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 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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What Schools Are Affiliated With Chinary Ung?

Chinary Ung is affiliated with the following schools:

• Manhattan School of Music
• University of California, San Diego
• Columbia University