Chinary Ung
Chinary Ung (b. November 24, 1942, Takéo, Cambodia) is a composer now living in the United States. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study the clarinet, Ung studied composition with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. Ung is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation. Ung currently teaches at the University of California, San Diego.
Awards
- Grawemeyer Award for Music (1989) for Inner Voices
- Friedheim Award (1989) for Spiral
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1981, 1988)
List of selected works
- 1970 - Tall Wind, for soprano and chamber ensemble
- 1974 - Mohori, for soprano and chamber ensemble
- 1980 - Khse Buon, for solo cello or viola
- 1986 - Inner Voices, for orchestra
- 1987 - Spiral, for cello, piano, and percussion
- 1989 - Spiral II, for soprano, tuba, and piano
- 1990 - Grand Spiral: Desert Flowers Bloom, for symphonic band
- 1992 - Spiral VI, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- 1995 - Antiphonal Spirals, for orchestra
- 1997 - Seven Mirrors, for solo piano