Ruey Yen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from
Arizona State University under the tutelage of Frank Koonce. He has taken master classes with Manuel Barrueco, David Russell and Roberto Aussel.
Dr. Yen has directed Culture and Arts Department at Open University of Kaohsiung for more than a decade. He was the Director of "2004 Taiwan International Guitar Competition and Festival ".
Currently teaching at Huanggang Normal University, Dr. Yen has developed a series of online courses which earned him national acclaim as a musicologist and Early plucked instrumentist. His debut album entitled "Guitarra Exotica" with flautist Shelly O’Donin and tenor Joel M. Rinsema is the fruitful result of his interest in world music culture.