Award-winning violinist Ray Chen to perform recital
MORRISTOWN — Violinist Ray Chen performs a recital at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Thursday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
Works scheduled to be perform include:
Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in Bflat K.454 (21 mins)
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op 108 (23 mins)
Ysaye Sonata no. 2 for Solo Violin (13 mins)
Saint-Saens "Havanaise" (10 mins)
Saint-Saens "Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso" (10 mins)
Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009) and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2008), Chen is among the most compelling young violinists today. His premiere album Virtuoso, released worldwide on Sony Classical in 2011, won the prestigious Echo Klassik Award. Following its success, Chen was profiled by The Strad and Gramophone magazines as "the one to watch".
The second recording, featuring the Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn violin concertos, was the result of Ray Chen's artistic partnership with Daniel Harding and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.
Chen continues to win the admiration of fans and fellow musicians worldwide. Last year's Verbier Festival and La Scala Philharmonic performances resulted in immediate re-engagements. He received standing ovations at Ravinia and Schleswig-Holstein Festivals, where he was featured by the Munich Philharmonic. Chen is looking forward to performing at the Nobel Prize concert in Stockholm with Maestro Christoph Eschenbach and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra later this year.
Other highlights of the upcoming season include his Carnegie Hall and Musikverein debuts, Israel Philharmonic and Gewandhaus Orchestra tours and recitals in Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam, London and Tokyo.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, Chen was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 15, where he studied with Aaron Rosand. He plays the 1702 "Lord Newlands" Stradivarius violin on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Tickets for Ray Chen's performance are $25 to $45.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center is located at 100 South St., Morristown. For tickets or more information call the box office at 973-539-8008 or visit mayoarts.org.