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Ray Chen

Encore Performance
From $55
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES | 2023-24 SEASON
Thursday, March 14, 2024, at 7:30 PM
Mar 14, 2024 7:30 PM Mar 14, 2024 10:00 PM America/Chicago Ray Chen Encore Performance - https://www.armstrongauditorium.org/performance/ray-chen Armstrong Auditorium 14400 S. Bryant Road Edmond, OK 73034 Armstrong Auditorium sgranger@armstrongauditorium.com
Encore Performance

Armstrong audiences were stunned by Ray Chen’s immense talent and electrifying energy at his 2018 recital. We immediately set out to rebook him. Since then, he has risen into the stratosphere as a violinist who redefines what it is to be a classical musician in the 21st century. With a media presence reaching out to millions—he was featured on Forbes’ list of 30 most influential Asians under 30—Ray Chen’s remarkable musicianship transmits to a global audience that is reflected in his engagements with the foremost orchestras and concert halls around the world. We’ve got goose bumps just thinking about his return!

“Ray Chen can do pretty much anything he wants on the violin.”

The Washington Post


“Ray Chen’s rock star charm was as winning as his smouldering delivery of Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.”

The Scotsman


“Chen is that rara avis among rising classical stars, a superlative virtuoso who also happens to be a thoroughgoing artist.”

Chicago Tribune


“Ray Chen is a paradox: the epitome of cool, yet a man with a zany, anarchic and public sense of humour, combined in a world-class violin virtuoso with a technique of fire and ice.”

Sydney Morning Herald

PROGRAM

Vitali Chaconne

Bach Fugue from his Sonata No. 1 in G minor

Beethoven Sonata No. 5 Spring

Saint-Saens Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso

Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano

Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor

Aleksander Zarzycki Mazurka in G major

Pianist: Julio Elizalde