Anthony Cheung (composer)

{{Short description|American composer (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox academic

| name = Anthony Cheung

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|January 17, 1982}}

| education = Harvard University (AB)
Columbia University (DMA)

| 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.

Early life and education

Cheung was born in San Francisco in 1982.{{Cite web |title=Anthony Cheung |url=https://www.wqxr.org/people/anthony-cheung/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=WQXR |language=en}} He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and history from Harvard University and a DMA in music from Columbia University.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-22 |title=Anthony Cheung |url=https://music.columbia.edu/bios/anthony-cheung |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=Columbia University Department of Music |language=en}}

Career

Cheung composes a wide range of concert music, including solo and orchestral works. His works have been commissioned by Ensemble Modern,{{cite news |last1=Kosman |first1=Joshua |title=CD review: Anthony Cheung, 'Roundabouts' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/CD-review-Anthony-Cheung-Roundabouts-5990790.php |access-date=20 September 2020 |work=SFGate |date=2 January 2015}}{{cite news |title=40 Jahre Ensemble Modern mit Gastspiel in Dresden|language=de |url=https://www.dnn.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Regional/40-Jahre-Ensemble-Modern-mit-Gastspiel-in-Dresden |access-date=20 September 2020 |work=Dresdner Neueste Nachtichten |date=8 January 2020}} Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016,{{cite web |title=Anthony Cheung: Fellow Awarded 2016 |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/anthony-cheung/ |access-date=20 September 2020 |website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation}} the Rome Prize in 2013,{{cite web |title=Anthony Cheung: Luciano Berio Rome Prize |date=8 March 2013 |url=https://www.aarome.org/people/rome-prize-fellows/anthony-cheung |access-date=20 September 2020 |publisher=American Academy in Rome}} and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition (2008).{{Cite web |title=Anthony Cheung {{!}} Music Department |url=https://music.uchicago.edu/people/anthony-cheung |access-date=2020-05-20 |website=music.uchicago.edu}}

Cheung was the co-director of the Grossman Ensemble at the University of Chicago. He is an associate professor of music at Brown University.{{Cite web |title=Assistant Professor Anthony Cheung to join Brown University Music Department {{!}} Music Department |url=https://music.uchicago.edu/news/assistant-professor-anthony-cheung-join-brown-university-music-department |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=music.uchicago.edu}}

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