Ray Chen (Chinese: 陳銳; pinyin: Chén Ruì; born 6 March 1989) is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist.

[7] He also undertook summer studies at the Encore School for Strings with David Cerone and Robert Lipsett, and at the Aspen Music Festival with Cho-Liang Lin and Paul Kantor on a full tuition fellowship.

[8] In 2008, Chen won the First Prize in the senior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition in Cardiff, Wales.

[15] In 2012, Chen was invited to perform at the annual Nobel Prize Concert, playing Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G minor with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach.

[28][29] In 2022, Ray was one of the collaborators on Jay Chou's song and video, "Greatest Works of Art," which rose to number one in China and garnered over 500 million views on Weibo and other Chinese streaming services within 48 hours of release.

[30] Chen is frequently noted for his online presence, being one of the first classical musicians of his stature to embrace social media.

[34] He continues to create content for Instagram and other social media platforms, and hosts both a Discord and Reddit community as well.

An ambassador for Sony Electronics, Chen is a music consultant at Riot Games and is in a multi-year marketing partnership with the Italian fashion house, Armani.

[35] He has also been featured in Vogue Magazine, written a blog for RCS Rizzoli, and designed a violin case for Gewa.

Conceived as a community-building and practice motivation app for musicians, Pocket attracted 3,500 users immediately (with another 4,000 on the waitlist) in 117 countries.