Ray Chen: Mendelssohn VC at the Finals of the Menuhin Competition 2008

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Ray Chen's performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor (the end unfortunately missing on our master tape). He's playing with Sinfonia Cymru, conducted by Garreth Jones. With this performance, aged only 19, he won 1st Prize at the Menuhin Competition and went on to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
His debut record with Sony, "Virtuoso" has won him the Echo Classics Award. Ray came back to the Menuhin Competition two years later, to play at the Opening Concert in Oslo in April 2010.