Chou Wen-chung

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 East Asian melo-rhythms into the terms of modern Western music.

29 June 1923

Born on the same birth day (29 June): Joan Clos • John Newton Brown • Juan Blanco • Julian Champagnie • Melanie Paschke • Pedro Pacheco de Villena • Pierre Perrault • Suk Hyun-jun • Tripp Eisen

Born in the same month (June 1923): Elroy Hirsch • Gaye Stewart • Jerzy Nowak • Jorge Daponte • José Giovanni • Jules Deschênes • Lloyd Shapley • Ninian Stephen • Peter Gay • Robert Maxwell • V. C. Andrews