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Internationally celebrated Cambodian American composer Chinary Ung has been awarded one of the highest honors in the U.S., a lifetime membership at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

享誉国际的柬埔寨裔美国作曲家洪靖年荣获美国最高荣誉之一，成为美国艺术文学院终身会员。

Ung will be officially inducted in May. The 77-year-old composer was chosen based on his artistic merit in music composition.

洪靖年将于5月正式就职。这位77岁的作曲家因其在音乐创作方面的艺术成就而被选中。

Ung says he owes his success to his own Cambodian identity.

洪靖年说他的成功归功于自己的柬埔寨身份。

It is my culture. It's what I learned it from the rice field that I spoke of. What touches me the most and I think I am proud to say that I am a Cambodian.

这是我的文化。这是我从我所说的稻田中学到的东西。最让我感动的是，我可以很自豪地说我是一名柬埔寨人。

Ung got a scholarship to study clarinet in the U.S. in 1964, and later received a Doctor of Musical Arts from Columbia University in 1974.

洪靖年于1964年获得奖学金赴美学习单簧管，后于1974年获得哥伦比亚大学音乐艺术博士学位。

His music is known for incorporating Eastern characteristics into Western classical settings.

他的音乐以将东方特色融入西方古典背景而闻名。

In spirit my music yes does carry the background of the culture in Cambodia.

在精神上，我的音乐确实承载着柬埔寨文化的背景。

Without that background, I wouldn't be able to compose, let's say, Inner Voices.

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