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    Ray Chen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

    2017-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Ray Chen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko for performances that took place on 22 and 23 June 2017. The video features commentary and insights from Chen about the concerto - the first work he ever played with an ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen breaks his string mid-performance

    2017-04-13T00:00:00Z

    In the video above Ray Chen demonstrates exactly how to react when breaking a string mid-performance. The violinist is performing with the Taiwan Philharmonic on a recent tour of Brussels when his string breaks. Coolly he turns to the orchestral leader and swaps instruments before continuing to ...

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    'Taking part in competitions improved my playing tremendously,' says violinist Ray Chen

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    The former winner of the Menuhin and Queen Elisabeth contests advises young musicians to stop thinking about prizes and instead to use competitions as vehicles for self-improvement

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    Violinist Ray Chen signs new recording deal with Decca Classics

    2017-01-12T00:00:00Z

    The violinist, who is a former winner of the Menuhin and Queen Elisabeth competitions, will make his first recording for the label later this year

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    Violinist Ray Chen on practising for performance

    2016-12-23T00:00:00Z

    Ray Chen: 'When practising you must be sure that you are focused on every moment of performance. It's normal to think, 'Why did my practice go out the window?' after a performance, but it's because you didn't practise for that situation.' Violinist Ray Chen speaks about practising ...

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    Made in Berlin, featuring violinist Ray Chen, performs Satie Gymnopédie cover

    2016-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen's new quartet, Made in Berlin, featuring members of the Berlin Philharmonic - Noah Bendix-Balgley, Amihai Grosz and Stephan Koncz - performs an arrangement of Eric Satie's Gymnopédie no.1.The ensemble gave its first public performance in The Netherlands in October 2016.

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    Violinist Ray Chen to be guest leader of New Century Chamber Orchestra

    2016-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Ray Chen is to perform as guest concertmaster of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in a series of concerts this week. The Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competition-winning violinist will direct the San Francisco-based ensemble and perform as soloist in Mozart's Third Violin Concerto, and works by Britten ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen gives masterclass on smooth bow changes

    2016-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Imagine that the paper is the instrument, the brush is the bow, and your musical line is the ink' Ray Chen continues his video masterclass series by analysing, with the aid of a paint brush, exactly what happens at the moment of a bow change. Watch: Violinist ...

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    Ray Chen and Daniel Jang perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprice, op.18 no.4

    2016-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Classical musicians are actually really funny people - they are often just too shy or intimidated to show their real selves to the audience. So I just try to show what I am like as a person'Virtuoso violinist Ray Chen joined Daniel Jang to perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprice ...

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    Ray Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore

    2016-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Ray Chen gives an entertaining rendition of Bach's Double Violin Concerto alongside close friends and conductors Diego Matheuz and Christian Vasquez. Chen was performing a concert as part of the El Sistema programme in Venezuela. Watch: Ray Chen comedy videos compilation Watch: The Strad Masterclass: Ray Chen ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen launches community crowdfunding campaign

    2016-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Musical Heroes’ initiative aims to recognise ‘unsung' trailblazers

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    The Strad Masterclass: Ray Chen on Mozart's Third Violin Concerto

    2015-12-21T00:00:00Z

    What makes Mozart so difficult to play? It's finding that perfect balance between simplicity on one hand, and complexity on the other. Like being young and energetic, but having a mature and experienced sound' Ray Chen talks about finding a balance in Mozart - and compares his music to a ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen reviews fans' up bow staccato videos

    2015-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen shares his humorous reviews of videos sent in by string players in response to his up bow staccato masterclass.Read The Strad’s 6 ways to improve your staccato.Watch Ray Chen performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 – ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen gives up bow staccato masterclass

    2015-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen shares his technique for mastering up bow staccato - making use of tremolo.Read The Strad's 6 ways to improve your staccato.Watch Ray Chen performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 – which he later won.

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    Violinist Ray Chen comedy videos compilation

    2015-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen is not only a former winner of the Yehudi Menuhin and Queen Elisabeth competitions, but a budding comedian as well - as this compilation of amusing videos from the artist's Facebook page demonstrates.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 - which he later won.Read about the 12 violin finalists who are competing at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition this week.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen has his bow rehaired

    2014-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competitions winner Ray Chen visits The Violin Studio in Brisbane to have his bow rehaired and tries out various instruments.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here. 

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    Sydney violinist Grace Clifford sweeps the board at Kendall Competition

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Grace Clifford has won a clutch of prizes at the Kendall National Violin Competition in Australia. The 15-year-old took the first prize, as well as the audience choice award, the Richard Pollett Sonata Prize and prizes for the best performance of a solo sonata and partita by Bach.  Clifford ...

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    Violinist Ray Chen signs multi-year recording deal with Sony

    2010-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Ray Chen has signed an exclusive multi-year recording contract with Sony Classical. The 21-year-old, who was born in Taiwan and grew up in Australia, is one of the most high-profile young soloists following his victories at the 2008 Menuhin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition. Chen's debut recital ...