Ray CHEN
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(1989, Taipei, China (Taiwan), Australian nationality)
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009) and the Yehudi Menuhin
Competition (2008), Ray Chen is among the most compelling young violinists today.
His recent performances, including debut recitals at the Kennedy Center in
Washington D. C. and the Merkin Hall in New York, have enraptured both the
audiences and the critics. “Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the
violin” (Anne Midgette, The Washington Post). “His whole performance was out of
this world” (Elise Simoens, De Standaard).
Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Ray Chen was accepted to the Curtis
Institute of Music at the age of 15, where he continues to work with Aaron Rosand
on expanding his repertoire. Mr. Chen plays the “Huggins” Stradivarius, on loan
from The Nippon Music Foundation, and the 1721 Stradivarius known as “The
Macmillan”, provided as part of the award for winning the 2008-09 Young Concert
Artists International Auditions in New York.
Mr. Chen’s performance of Bach’s Double Violin Concerto became the muchdiscussed
highlight of the 2009 Aspen Music Festival. Maestro Vengerov, who met
Mr. Chen while serving on the jury of the Menuhin Competition in Cardiff,
immediately engaged him to perform with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in St.
Petersburg as well as at the opening concert of the next Menuhin Competition in
April 2010 in Oslo.
Ray Chen’s upcoming engagements include a performance with the Taipei
Symphony at this year’s World Expo in Shanghai, a North American orchestral debut
with the New Jersey Symphony as well as concerts with the Orchestre National de
Lille, Deutsche Symphonie Berlin and Sydney Symphony. Mr. Chen will also be the
featured soloist of the Rostropovich Festival in Moscow.
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