Chinary Ung

Cambodian-American composer
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Chinary Ung

Summary

Chinary Ung is a human[1]. He was born in Takéo[2]. He was born on November 24, 1942[3]. He worked as a composer[4] and music educator[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Chinary Ung's place of birth was Takéo[2].
  • Chinary Ung was born on November 24, 1942[3].
  • Chinary Ung held citizenship in Cambodia[7].
  • Chinary Ung held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Chinary Ung worked as a composer[4].
  • Chinary Ung's professions included music educator[5].
  • Chinary Ung was employed by University of California, San Diego[9].
  • Chinary Ung received the Guggenheim Fellowship[10].
  • Chinary Ung received the Grawemeyer Awards[11].
  • Chinary Ung received the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition[12].
  • Chinary Ung received the Arts and Letters Award in Music[13].
  • Chinary Ung is recorded as male[14].
  • Chinary Ung's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Chinary Ung's Commons category is recorded as Chinary Ung[16].
  • Chinary Ung's family name is recorded as Ung[17].
  • Chinary Ung's given name is recorded as Chinary[18].
  • Chinary Ung's work location is recorded as San Diego[19].
  • Chinary Ung's described at URL is recorded as https://music-cms.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/regular_faculty/chinary-ung/index.html[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: US[22]

  • Began / founded: 1942-11-24[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 01c24c98-b8f7-4301-b665-d4b552f06d3c[24]

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Origins and Family

Chinary Ung's place of birth was Takéo[2]. He was born on November 24, 1942[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[4] and music educator[5]. Among Chinary Ung's employers was University of California, San Diego[9].

Recognition

Awards received include Guggenheim Fellowship[10], a fellowship grant[25], in United States[26], founded in 1925[27]; Grawemeyer Awards[11], an award[28], in United States[29], founded in 1985[30]; Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition[12], a class of award[31], in United States[32], founded in 1984[33]; and Arts and Letters Award in Music[13], an award[34], in United States[35], founded in 1941[36].

Why It Matters

Chinary Ung ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

FAQs

Where was Chinary Ung born?

Chinary Ung's place of birth was Takéo[2].

What did Chinary Ung do for work?

Chinary Ung worked as composer[4] and music educator[5].

What awards did Chinary Ung receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[10], Grawemeyer Awards[11], Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition[12], and Arts and Letters Award in Music[13].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . grawemeyer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . grawemeyer.org. Retrieved . grawemeyer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . grawemeyer.org. Retrieved . grawemeyer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Guggenheim Fellows database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . grawemeyer.org. Retrieved . grawemeyer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . grawemeyer.org. Retrieved . grawemeyer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . artsandletters.org. Retrieved . artsandletters.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . music-cms.ucsd.edu. Retrieved . music-cms.ucsd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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