# Pius Cheung

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{{Short description|Chinese-Canadian percussionist}}
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right|frame|Pius Cheung'''Pius Cheung''' ({{zh|c=張鈞量}}) is a [percussion](/source/percussion)ist and [composer](/source/composer), called "a young Chinese-Canadian virtuoso," by ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |last1=Schweitzer |first1=Vivien |date=28 August 2009 |title=Bach's 'Goldberg' as You've Never Heard It |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/music/30schw.html?_r=1 |access-date=2022-09-05}}</ref> Born in China, he moved to [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) at age twelve.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ponick |first=T. L. |date=2009-03-26 |title=Cheung taps classics for marimba concert |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/cheung-taps-classics-for-marimba-concert/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=[The Washington Times](/source/The_Washington_Times) |language=en-US}}</ref> He received his bachelor's degree from the [Curtis Institute of Music](/source/Curtis_Institute_of_Music) in Philadelphia and his doctorate from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). He is currently an associate professor of percussion at the [University of Oregon](/source/University_of_Oregon).<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=王可心 |author-mask=王可心 [Wang Kexin]. |date=2018 |title=擊樂獨奏作品《念2》之樂曲分析與詮釋 |trans-title=The Analysis and Interpretation of "Nian 2" by Pius Cheung |degree=M.M. |url=https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22107TNUA0701009%22.&searchmode=basic&extralimit=asc=%22%E5%9C%8B%E7%AB%8B%E8%87%BA%E5%8C%97%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%22&extralimitunit=%E5%9C%8B%E7%AB%8B%E8%87%BA%E5%8C%97%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8 |publisher=[Taipei National University of the Arts](/source/Taipei_National_University_of_the_Arts) |page=14 |language=zh |oclc=1144909358}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://piuscheung.com/ Official website]
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