Education
He served as a principal violinist with the Louisiana Jolla Symphony Orchestra and also studied jazz while earning a degree in Psychology at University of California, San Diego.
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Career
In 2013, released EP1 as his solo project, Savio Savio. Raised in San Diego, California and classically trained, began playing violin at the age of three. He became a fixture in the San Diego music scene performing with several different area rock, folk, jazz, and world music groups.
Other artists has performed with include Donald Glover, Devon Sproule and The Flaming Lips. played with Sproule during a short tour in February 2009 and played percussion with The Flaming Lips on The Tonight Show with Conan O"Brien in October 2009. appeared again with The Flaming Lips at the 2011 New Year"s Eve Freakout playing harp, guitar, synth and other percussion for the first live performance of The Soft Bulletin album.
He performed subsequent Soft Bulletin shows as well as Dark Side of the Moon shows as an auxiliary musician. joined Glover as Childish Gambino during his I Am Donald tour playing guitar, keyboard, and violin. He resumed playing with Childish Gambino during his Camp tour.
Upon graduation in 2007, he began his first national tour with Louis XIV opening for the Las Vegas rock band, on the last leg of their Sam"s Town Tour. would later join in 2008 as keyboardist, guitarist, violinist, and backup vocalist for their Day & Age World Tour and has since appeared with the band on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Show with David Letterman, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Taratata and Later.. with Jools Holland. also appears on " first live concert Digital Video Disc, Live from the Royal Albert Hall, filmed July 2009, and on " performance on Live from Abbey Road. He began touring with them following the end of the Day and Age Tour.
Subsequently, he became a member writing and contributing vihuela, jarana, harp, guitar, violin, and vocals to (II) and III. Louis XIV - Slick Dogs and Ponies (2007) - Strings credited as Mister Raymond.
Membership
He is currently a touring member of Passion Pit and the backing band for Childish Gambino. 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.
In 2015, Suen was a touring member of Passion Pit in support of their third album, Kindred.
Suen met members of when they opened for the Killers.
