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Chou Wen-chung (周文中; pinyin: Zhōu Wénzhōng, surname Chou, born June 29, 1923) is a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Yantai (sometimes incorrectly called Chefoo), Shandong, China, he emigrated in 1946 to the United States where he lives. He is a protégé of the composer and visionary, Edgard Varèse. Chou has sought in his music not simply to propagate Varèsian concepts, but to move beyond his teacher's shadow. From Varèse's purely Western tradition, Chou's music evolves from cross-cultural pollinat...read more