1. Ray Chen was the winner of the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.
24 Facts About Ray Chen
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At the age of eight, Ray Chen performed as a soloist with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Ray Chen was invited to perform at the opening celebration concert of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
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In 1999, Ray Chen was chosen as the 4MBS's Young Space Musician of the Year in Brisbane.
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In 2010, Ray Chen graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Music, where he studied with Aaron Rosand.
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Ray Chen undertook summer studies at the Encore School for Strings with David Cerone and Robert Lipsett, and at the Aspen Music Festival with Cho-Liang Lin and Paul Kantor on a full tuition fellowship.
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In 2008, Ray Chen won the First Prize in the senior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition in Cardiff, Wales.
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In 2009, Ray Chen won the First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, where he was the youngest participant.
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Ray Chen was given a three-year loan of the 1708 Huggins Stradivarius from the Nippon Music Foundation.
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In 2012, Ray Chen was invited to perform at the annual Nobel Prize Concert, playing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach.
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On Bastille Day in 2015, Ray Chen performed live for an audience of 800,000 people at Champ de Mars.
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Ray Chen was accompanied by the Orchestre National de France and Daniele Gatti.
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In 2016, Ray Chen founded the Made in Berlin string quartet along with three string players from the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Amihai Grosz, and Stephan Koncz.
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In November 2020, Ray Chen opened the Golden Horse Awards ceremony.
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On 12 September 2022, Ray Chen announced that he had received the 1714 Dolphin Stradivarius, which was loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation for a year.
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On November 20,2021, Sting's song "What Could Have Been", featuring Ray Chen, was featured in the third act of the League of Legends animated series Arcane; the single was released the same day.
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In 2022, Ray Chen was one of the collaborators on Jay Chou's song and video, "Greatest Works of Art," which rose to number one in China and garnered over 500 million views on Weibo and other Chinese streaming services within 48 hours of release.
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Ray Chen is frequently noted for his online presence, being one of the first classical musicians of his stature to embrace social media.
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Ray Chen began making comedy videos on his Facebook page in 2014, and soon began creating humorous content for his YouTube channel relating to violin playing and classical music.
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Ray Chen continues to create content for Instagram and other social media platforms, and hosts both a Discordand Reddit community as well.
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An ambassador for Sony Electronics, Ray Chen is a music consultant at Riot Games and is in a multi-year marketing partnership with the Italian fashion house, Armani.
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Ray Chen has been featured in Vogue Magazine, written a blog for RCS Rizzoli, and designed a violin case for Gewa.
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In 2021, Ray Chen launched an app with developer Rose Xi under the title Pocket Conservatory.
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In 2017, Ray Chen was selected to be included in Forbes 30 Under 30 under the Entertainment and Sports category for Asia.