EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 22 MIN
Composer Chinary Ung stays close to his Cambodian Roots
from The Second Street Dreams Audio Network · host Judlyne Lilly
Composer Chinary Ung has been composing music for 60 plus years. His compositions are heavily affected by his childhood in Cambodia and the deadly events that happened there back in the mid 1970’s. But he says he’s blessed that he was able to come to America in the 1960’s to study the western style of music. Many of his compositions will be performed at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts in its Composer Portraits series on March 26th.
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Composer Chinary Ung has been composing music for 60 plus years. His compositions are heavily affected by his childhood in Cambodia and the deadly events that happened there back in the mid 1970’s. But he says he’s blessed that he was able to come to America in the 1960’s to study the western style of music. Many of his compositions will be performed at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts in its Composer Portraits series on March 26th.
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