Ray Suen (born July 5, 1985) is an American violinist, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist currently working as a touring member of the Las Vegas rock band, The Killers . He is a former touring member of the rock band, Louis XIV, and has appeared and recorded with numerous Southern California artists including Jason Mraz, Matt Curreri & the Exfriends, Joanie Mendenhall, and Gregory Page among others.

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  • Ray Suen (born July 5, 1985) is an American violinist, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist currently working as a touring member of the Las Vegas rock band, The Killers . He is a former touring member of the rock band, Louis XIV, and has appeared and recorded with numerous Southern California artists including Jason Mraz, Matt Curreri & the Exfriends, Joanie Mendenhall, and Gregory Page among others. Suen was also featured in 2007 as an occasional member of the Joe Firstman house band on Last Call with Carson Daly. Raised in San Diego, California and classically trained, Suen began playing violin at the age of three. He served as a principal violinist with the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra and also studied jazz while earning a degree in Psychology at UCSD. He became a fixture in the San Diego music scene performing with several different area rock, folk, jazz, and world music groups. Upon graduation in 2007, he began his first national tour with Louis XIV opening for The Killers on the last leg of their Sam's Town world tour. Suen later joined the Killers in 2008 as a full-time touring member and has since appeared with the band on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with David Letterman, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and Later... with Jools Holland.
  • Ray Suen(5 de julio de 1985) es un violinista, guitarrista y teclista estadounidense que actualmente trabaja como miembro de la banda de Las Vegas The Killers. Es un antiguo miembro de las giras de la banda de rock Louis XIV, y ha aparecido y grabado con numerosos artistas como Jason Mraz, Matt Curreri & the Exfriends, Joanie Mendenhall, y Gregory Page entre otros. Suen fue también presentado en 2007 como miembro ocasional de la house band de Joe Firstman en Last Call con Carson Daly. Creció en San Diego, California, y fue educado de forma tradicional. A los 3 años empezó a tocar el violín. Empezó a tocar la guitarra a los 15, tras escuchar a las bandas de trash metal Testament y Metallica. Mientras obtenía la licenciatura en Psicología en la Universidad de California, San Diego, Suen se interesó por otras aplicaciones del violín fuera de la música clásica después de escuchar el jazz de Django Reinhardt y Stephane Grappelli. Mientras servía como violinista principal de la Orquesta Sinfónica de La Jolla, también estudiaba jazz, y se convirtió en integrante de la escena musical de San Diego, actuando en diferentes áreas del rock, folk, jazz y grupos musicales. Tras su graduación en 2007, empezó su primera gira nacional con Louis XIV.
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  • Ray Suen (born July 5, 1985) is an American violinist, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist currently working as a touring member of the Las Vegas rock band, The Killers . He is a former touring member of the rock band, Louis XIV, and has appeared and recorded with numerous Southern California artists including Jason Mraz, Matt Curreri & the Exfriends, Joanie Mendenhall, and Gregory Page among others.
  • Ray Suen(5 de julio de 1985) es un violinista, guitarrista y teclista estadounidense que actualmente trabaja como miembro de la banda de Las Vegas The Killers. Es un antiguo miembro de las giras de la banda de rock Louis XIV, y ha aparecido y grabado con numerosos artistas como Jason Mraz, Matt Curreri & the Exfriends, Joanie Mendenhall, y Gregory Page entre otros. Suen fue también presentado en 2007 como miembro ocasional de la house band de Joe Firstman en Last Call con Carson Daly.
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