Pius Cheung
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Pius Cheung is a marimbist
Marimba
The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...

 and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, called " a young Chinese-Canadian virtuoso," by the New York Times.

Recorded works

  • Goldberg Variations
    Goldberg Variations
    The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...

    BWV 988, J.S. Bach
    , arranged for solo marimba (June 2006, Pius Cheung). This was reviewed by Vivian Schweitzer of the New York Times who called it

Published works

  • A set of five Musical Moments (Lust, Storm, Solitude, Dance of the Golden Mean, and Romance) (for solo marimba; published by Connecticut Hill Music Publisher)
  • Marimba Concerto with String Orchestra
  • Sonata No. 1 "Vitanata"
  • Ballade for Eriko Daimo
  • Etude in e minor (for solo marimba)

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