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3 unusual facts about Robert Chen


Robert Chen

As a chamber musician, Chen has collaborated with Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and Yo Yo Ma, both at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chen began studying the violin at the early age of seven.

In 2000 he made his Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerto debut with Maestro Daniel Barenboim.


Dorothy DeLay

She also taught many significant orchestral musicians and pedagogues, such as Simon Fischer, author of Basics, Paul Kantor, pedagogue at Rice University, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Robert Chen, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (also doubling in the Seattle Symphony) concertmaster Frank Almond, and Philadelphia Orchestra Concertmaster David Kim.


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