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Chinary Ung
Cambodian-American composer
The native form of this personal name is Ung Chinary. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Cambodian name, the surname is Ung.
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In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Chinary.
Chinary Ung (Khmer: អ៊ុង ឈីណារី[1]pronounced[ʔuŋcʰiːn̪aːriː]) (born November 24, 1942, in Takéo, Cambodia) 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 LouisvilleGrawemeyer Award for musical composition.[2] Additionally, he received the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, as well as awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Asia Foundation, Asian C