All Ray-Chen articles
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NewsViolinist Ray Chen acquires a Strad
Chen announced he will play on the 1714 ‘Dolphin, ex-Heifetz’ Stradivari violin
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FeatureSentimental Work: Ray Chen
The Preludio and Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach’s Violin Partita no.3 were the violinist’s key to the Sonatas and Partitas – and provide meaning in the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsRay Chen to feature on ‘At Home With’ series
‘At Home With Ray Chen’ airs Tuesday 19 May and Wednesday 20 May
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VideoRay Chen plays Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Ray Chen gives a solo rendition of this cosy little number
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VideoPlay With Ray: The Winner Takes the Stage
Three young finalists from around the world took to the Hollywood Bowl stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ray Chen on August 8, 2019, as part of the LA Philharmonic’s Play With Ray competition. After a day at Universal Studios, masterclasses with Ray, and an up-close encounter with centuries-old ...
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Focus5 views on Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Five violinists share their insights into this pillar of the repertoire in these snippets of interviews featured in The Strad
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NewsPlay with Ray competition for Hollywood Bowl concert
Winner will Perform Bach’s Double Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ray Chen
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VideoRay Chen in concert: Tambourin Chinois
From Dutch broadcaster Avrotros comes this video of Ray Chen performing Kreisler’s Tambourin Chinois with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, lead by Candida Thompson. Filmed on 17 February 2019 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
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VideoBackstage with Ray Chen at the San Francisco Symphony
From Ray Chen’s YouTube channel comes this video of the run-up to his performance of Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole in San Francisco last October. ‘Ever wonder what the soloist is doing before he/she walks out onto the stage?,’ he writes. ‘Practicing? Eating? Or perhaps doing some sort of secret warm up ...
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VideoRay Chen: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
The violinist performs a seasonal favourite. Produced by Daniel Jang
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VideoRay Chen's practice challenge: Paganini Sauret Cadenza
The violinist lays bare his practice process, beginning from scratch on one of the steepest technical challenges in the repertoire – the Émile Sauret cadenza for Paganini’s First Violin Concerto.
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VideoRay Chen plays Paganini in the first round of Menuhin Competition 2008
For Ray Chen, the 2008 Menuhin Competition which turbo boosted his career started here, with Paganini’s Caprice no.5. Chen, then 19, won the event before going on to also win the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.
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FocusRay Chen: 'Failure was so much more meaningful towards my overall development'
In this extract from a candid and wide-ranging interview, the violinist remembers leaving his home town of Brisbane, Australia, at the age of 16 to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia – and immediately feeling out of his depth
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FocusRay Chen plays the Sarabande from Bach's Partita no.2 in D minor
‘I’ve always been inspired by Bach’s musical connection to the divine. One might not be religious or devout but one cannot deny the presence of a higher force within his music,’ writes Ray Chen in the description of his latest video, filmed on 12 January 2018
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VideoRay Chen teaches Harmonics
In the latest in Ray Chen’s ‘Masterclass Monday’ YouTube series, he looks at natural and artificial harmonics and offers some hard-won tips on getting them right
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VideoRay Chen's comedy videos - vol.2
A compilation of funnies from the Taiwanese-Australian violin virtuoso, featuring turns from Daniel Hope, conductor Cristian Macelaru and others
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ArticleRay Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore
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 ...