At three years old, Ray Chen was given a toy guitar by his parents - which he stuck under his chin and tried to play with a chopstick. The eventual violinist has come a long way since then, winning the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. His first orchestral album comes out this week - he joins us to for a preview, and to play some of his solo favorites.
Ray Chen performs Tuesday, February 7th 2012 at Le Poisson Rouge. More information here.
Guests:
Ray ChenFollow Us
About Soundcheck ®
Soundcheck® is WNYC’s on-air and online destination for new music, live performances and engaging conversations with artists, critics and tastemakers. Listeners start the conversation at Soundcheck.org and continue it with host John Schaefer every weeknight at 9 p.m. on 93.9 FM and WNYC.org.
We want to hear from you! Respond to anything you’ve heard on the show, ask us a question or share a story:
Phone: 866-939-1612
Email: soundcheck@wnyc.org
Twitter: @Soundcheck // Facebook
Comments [5]
beautiful! thank you!
Kevin, the yellow subway train is in Berlin. Kurrer, the first piece was Sarasate Introduction et Tarentelle and the second was John Williams' theme from Schindler's List.
anyone know where the subway is located in the above picture?
That was indeed exquisite but ... oops, I missed hearing what it was? Schubert?
Exquisite. Thank you.
Leave a Comment
Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.