Violinist Ray Chen is storming the international stage with a dazzling succession of competition wins, including First Prize of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, as well as winning the 2008-09 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition in Cardiff, CA.

Ray Chen began violin studies at the age of four in Australia and made his solo orchestral debut with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of eight. In 2004, he was accepted to The Curtis Institute of Music, where he works with Aaron Rosand. He has also studied with David Cerone, Pamela Frank, and Joseph Silverstein, as well as with Antje Weithaas at the 2005 Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Ray Chen is playing a 1721 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as "The Macmillan," which is on loan to him through Young Concert Artists.