Career
He was assistant conductor of the British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic from 2002 to 2005. Early years Jason started his musical studies at the age of 12 when he took cello, piano and composition lessons, which continued with the help of a scholarship at Chetham"s School of Music in Manchester. In 1993 he was awarded a Hadow Scholarship to study at Worcester College, Oxford, where he became music director of the Oxford University Philharmonia.
On completion of his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he was awarded a Masters in composition and a Diploma in cello.
Jason was then appointed the Fellow in Conducting at GSMD from 2000-2002. 2002 onward His successful tenure there gave him the opportunity to work closely with many conductors and led to invitations with the other British Broadcasting Corporation orchestras and the British Broadcasting Corporation Singers, he made his British Broadcasting Corporation Proms debut with the British Broadcasting Corporation Philharmonic in 2003.
In opera, Lai has conducted Haydn"s L"infedeltà delusa for Bampton Classical Opera (2004 and 2005) and Gazzaniga’s Don Giovanni (2004). Recent appearances have included concerts with Hong Kong Philharmonic, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
