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FLASHBACK FRIDAY | VC ‘Artist’ Ray Chen – 2009 Queen Elisabeth Comp 1st Prize [VIDEO]

The then 20 year old VC ‘Artist’ Ray Chen's 1st prize winning performance in the Final of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition

Incredible archival footage of the then 20 year old VC ‘Artist’ Ray Chen's 1st prize winning performance of Franck's Violin Sonata in A Major - in the Final of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition.

Recorded live with pianist, Thomas Hoppe - at the Le Palais des Beaux-Arts, in Belgium.

Ray this week announced his first 'Musical Heroes' charity project had raised just under $80,000 for an under-resourced Philadelphian after-school music project.

 

VC 'ARTIST' RAY CHEN & THOMAS HOPPE | FRANCK | VIOLIN SONATA | 1ST MVT | 2009 QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE 

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