Ray Chen

Ray Chen ( born March 6, 1989 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese - Australian violinist. He was first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Brussels in 2009.

Life

Ray Chen began at the age of four years playing the violin using the Suzuki method. His parents moved to Queensland in Australia, where he at the age of eight years, accompanied by the " Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra ," gave his first public concert. He was a student of Peter Zhang at the Conservatory of Sydney. As early as 1998 he received an invitation to perform at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Nagano.

At 15, he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to study with Aaron Rosand. Other teachers in the United States were David Cerone, Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein.

Ray Chen followed master classes with renowned violinist, Midori Gotō, Cho - Liang Lin, Maxim Vengerov Antje Weithaas and Rudolf Koelman.

Awards

• 2008 Winner of the " Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists ," in the episode he performed with several major orchestras in different countries, among other things, he had at this time his Russia debut with the Violin Concerto by Peter Tchaikovsky, conducted by Maxim Vengerov.
• In 2009 he won first prize in the " Young Concert Artists International Auditions" in New York City. The organizer asked him the violin, " The Macmillan " (1721 ) by Antonio Stradivari available.
• In 2009 the first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, which is endowed with € 20,000, in addition, endowed with € 2,500 prize of the audience. As a result, expect him numerous concert tours and CD recordings. He also receives a three-year funding provided by the " Nippon Music Foundation " available Huggins Stradivarius of 1708.