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]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])<br>[[Columbia University]] (DMA) | workplaces = [[University of Chicago]]<br>[[Brown University]] | discipline = [[Music]] | sub_discipline = [[Musical composition]]<br>[[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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Cheung |url=https://www.wqxr.org/people/anthony-cheung/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=WQXR |language=en}}</ref> He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and history from [[Harvard University]] and a DMA in music from [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Career == Cheung composes a wide range of concert music, including solo and orchestral works. His works have been commissioned by [[Ensemble Modern]],<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Ensemble InterContemporain|Ensemble Intercontemporain]], and the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], among others. He won a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim]] Fellowship in 2016,<ref>{{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}}</ref> the [[Rome Prize]] in 2013,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and first prize in the Sixth International Dutilleux Competition (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Cheung {{!}} Music Department |url=https://music.uchicago.edu/people/anthony-cheung |access-date=2020-05-20 |website=music.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

Cheung was the co-director of the Grossman Ensemble at the [[University of Chicago]]. He is an associate professor of music at [[Brown University]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.acheungmusic.com}}

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