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Chou Wen-chung (Composer)

Born: 28th July 1923, Yantai, China

Died: 25th October 2019, Manhattan, New York

Nationality: Chinese American

Chou Wen-chung was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conservatory and Columbia University. Chou is credited by Nicolas Slonimsky as one of the first Chinese composers who attempted to translate authentic oriental melo-rhythms into the terms of modern Western music.

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