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Gloria Cheng is an American pianist who won a Grammy Award for her 2008 Piano Music of [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], [[Steven Stucky]], and [[Witold Lutosławski]], and a nomination for The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. Her film, "Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano" (2016), documenting the recording of the eponymous CD (harmonia mundi usa) of works composed for her by [[Bruce Broughton]], [[Don Davis]], [[Alexandre Desplat]], [[Michael Giacchino]], [[Randy Newman]], and [[John Williams]], aired on [[PBS SoCal]] and was awarded the 2018 Los Angeles Area [[Emmy]] for Independent Programming. |
'''Gloria Cheng''' is an American pianist who won a Grammy Award for her 2008 Piano Music of [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], [[Steven Stucky]], and [[Witold Lutosławski]], and a nomination for The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. Her film, "Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano" (2016), documenting the recording of the eponymous CD (harmonia mundi usa) of works composed for her by [[Bruce Broughton]], [[Don Davis (composer)|Don Davis]], [[Alexandre Desplat]], [[Michael Giacchino]], [[Randy Newman]], and [[John Williams]], aired on [[PBS SoCal]] and was awarded the 2018 Los Angeles Area [[Emmy]] for Independent Programming. |
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She is on the faculty at [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty |
She is on the faculty at [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Gloria Cheng |url=https://www.music.ucla.edu/cheng-gloria |website=UCLA Herb Albert School of Music |publisher=UCLA |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> She served as 2012 Regents Lecturer at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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She holds a B.A. in Economics from [[Stanford University]], and graduate degrees in Music from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the [[University of Southern California]] (USC). She also studied piano in Paris and Barcelona, her primary teachers were Isabelle Sant'Ambrogio, Aube Tzerko, and John Perry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloria Cheng (Piano) |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cheng-Gloria.htm |website=Bach Contatas Website |publisher=Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) | |
She holds a B.A. in Economics from [[Stanford University]], and graduate degrees in Music from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the [[University of Southern California]] (USC). She also studied piano in Paris and Barcelona, her primary teachers were Isabelle Sant'Ambrogio, Aube Tzerko, and John Perry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloria Cheng (Piano) |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cheng-Gloria.htm |website=Bach Contatas Website |publisher=Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Gloria Cheng is widely recognized as an eloquent performer of contemporary music. The Washington post has called her “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." |
Gloria Cheng is widely recognized as an eloquent performer of contemporary music. The Washington post has called her “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." |
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She has been played at the Ojai Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, William Kapell Festival, the Mendocino Music Festival<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloria Cheng 2013 |url=http://mendocinomusic.org/event/gloria-cheng-2013/ |website=Mendocino Music Festival | |
She has been played at the Ojai Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, William Kapell Festival, the Mendocino Music Festival,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloria Cheng 2013 |url=http://mendocinomusic.org/event/gloria-cheng-2013/ |website=Mendocino Music Festival |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> and Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, and has commissioned, premiered, and been the dedicatee of countless works by an international roster of composers. |
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Cheng has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under [[Zubin Mehta]] and [[Pierre Boulez]], and on its Green Umbrella series under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Oliver Knussen. |
Cheng has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under [[Zubin Mehta]] and [[Pierre Boulez]], and on its Green Umbrella series under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Oliver Knussen. |
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 21 December 2023
Gloria Cheng is an American pianist who won a Grammy Award for her 2008 Piano Music of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky, and Witold Lutosławski, and a nomination for The Edge of Light: Messiaen/Saariaho. Her film, "Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano" (2016), documenting the recording of the eponymous CD (harmonia mundi usa) of works composed for her by Bruce Broughton, Don Davis, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino, Randy Newman, and John Williams, aired on PBS SoCal and was awarded the 2018 Los Angeles Area Emmy for Independent Programming. She is on the faculty at UCLA.[1] She served as 2012 Regents Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.
Education[edit]
She holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University, and graduate degrees in Music from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC). She also studied piano in Paris and Barcelona, her primary teachers were Isabelle Sant'Ambrogio, Aube Tzerko, and John Perry.[2]
Career[edit]
Gloria Cheng is widely recognized as an eloquent performer of contemporary music. The Washington post has called her “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." She has been played at the Ojai Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, William Kapell Festival, the Mendocino Music Festival,[3] and Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, and has commissioned, premiered, and been the dedicatee of countless works by an international roster of composers. Cheng has been a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and Pierre Boulez, and on its Green Umbrella series under Esa-Pekka Salonen and Oliver Knussen.
References[edit]
- ^ "Faculty Gloria Cheng". UCLA Herb Albert School of Music. UCLA. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Gloria Cheng (Piano)". Bach Contatas Website. Bach Cantatas Website (BCW). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Gloria Cheng 2013". Mendocino Music Festival. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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- 21st-century American pianists
- UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty