Pius Cheung - Etude in D Major

Excerpt from live performance of Pius Cheung's Etude in D Major.

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Coming soon on CD: Pius Cheung Plays Pius Cheung - Symphonic Poem. Featuring Etudes in d minor, c# minor, D Major, e minor, Musical Moment No. 5 - Romance, and Symphonic Poem for solo marimba.

For more info about Pius Cheung, please visit:
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"Absolutely Incredible!" - PAS Percussive Notes Magazine

"Tuneful, neo-Romantic yet technically difficult, [Pius Cheungs Études] not only showcased Mr. Cheungs mastery of his instrument but also demonstrated his considerable skill and promise as a composer in his own right one who writes the kind of music people will want to hear."
- Washington Times

"... [Pius Cheung's Etudes] certainly constitute a precious addition to the standard marimba repertoire." - New York Concert Review

"Pius Cheung is a remarkably gifted and accomplished young artist." - Gary Graffman

Chinese-Canadian marimbist Pius Cheung won First Prize in the 2008 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and will give debut recitals during the 2008-2009 season in the Young Concert Artists Series at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, as well as his Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum debut in Boston. At the Auditions, he was also awarded the Miriam Brody Aronson Award, the Brownville Concert Series Prize (NE), the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation Award for an engagement in Europe, the Embassy Series Prize (DC), the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center Prize, and the Usedom (Germany) Music Festival Prize.

As one of today's most promising marimbist and composer, Mr. Cheung has captivated audiences with performances of compositions by contemporary composers, his own compositions, and arrangements of the classics, most notably Bachs Goldberg Variations. His debut album of the Goldberg Variations is the first and only recording of the work on marimba. The album has received critical acclaim and has aired on CBC Radio in Canada and National Public Radio in the U.S.

Mr. Cheung made his U.S. concerto debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Kimmel Center in 2003, as winner of the orchestras concerto competition. In prior seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the British Columbia Chamber Orchestra and the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, and given performances at Jordan Hall in Boston, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Edmonton Recital Society, Kennedy Center, Stratsford Summer Music Festival, Bucks County Performing Arts Center, the V Festival Internacional de Marimbistas, and Zeltsman Marimba Festival. Additionally, Mr. Cheung has presented concerts and masterclasses in some of the world's well known music institutes, including Amsterdam Conservatory, Paris Conservatory, Lyon Conservatory, Curtis Institute of Music, Boston Conservatory, Universities of Michigan, South Florida, Central Florida, Illinois, and Boston.

As a composer, Mr. Cheung won First Prize in the Classical Marimba Leagues 2007 Composition Competition for his Three Etudes, part of a cycle of Twenty-Four Etudes which he is currently working on. He has written numerous other works for the marimba including a Marimba Concerto with String Orchestra, a set of Five Musical Moments, Sonata No. 1 "Vitanata", Symphonic Poem for solo marimba, two Ballades and a collection of smaller pieces including Etudes, Nocturnes, and Preludes.

Born in Hong Kong, Mr. Cheung moved to Vancouver with his family at the age of 12. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music and his Artist Diploma from The Boston Conservatory. He is currently pursuing his Doctorate at the University of Michigan.

Mr. Cheung is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Vic Firth endorser.

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[nesbitt17]

Well fuck

[mjopling36]

@fcmilsweeper9

I'm a high school junior and I've learned this piece and am working on perfecting it now. It's an amazing piece to play, they are worth playing.

[teo490]

This is probely why Chinese people can eat with no spoon and stuff

[michaelsax87]

amazing.... :-)



[BeakismEIU]

Reminds me of Chopin in a black shirt lol. You can usually tell when someone is playing music they composed - they just know it better, the story behind it, the exact mood for every section, etc. Like LHS playing Rhythmic Caprice or Stout playing Two Mexican Dances. Awesome piece!

[wangsoyun1]

악보구할수있는곳없을까요?ㅜ

[Psychokinesismaniac]

@mjopling Hi Michael :)

[Chase1224]

@esp9762 I legitimately think your fantasy baseball team sucks.

[ienjoygiraffes]

@fcmilsweeper9 I've seen a few people play his Musical Movement No. 5, and a watched a college student play the 4th movement of his classical sonata at PASIC. I'm thinking (and hoping) his music will become more popular over the years.

[mprimecoleman]

@fcmilsweeper9 Yes. Casey Cangelosi.