Korean-born conductor Jason Bae is currently taking his second Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm as the sole recipient receiving the full scholarship from the college. In his 2023/24 season, Jason will return to conduct Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Norrboten NEO Ensemble, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of NorrlandsOperan and Västerås Sinfonietta in Sweden. Also, he will make his opera conducting debut with Domenico Cimarosa’s “Il Matrimonio Segreto” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola Opera.
Jason was recently invited to 2023 Fiskars Summer Festival where he received masterclasses from Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Dalia Stasevska and James Gaffigan. He has also received masterclasses under Osmo Vänskä with Seoul Philharonic Orchestra and Jorma Panula with South Denmark Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jason already has his first Master of Arts in Piano Performance with the highest distinction award, 'DipRAM' at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was a student of Christopher Elton and Joanna MacGregor. At the age of twelve, he made his concerto debut with Auckland Symphony Orchestra and a year later, he was the youngest concerto soloist to perform with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2008, Jason was awarded 1st Prize at the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York, which led to a performance at the Carnegie Hall in Weill Recital Hall.
Jason has released his piano debut album "Marylebone” with the Austrian Gramophone in Vienna and he became an official Steinway Artist in 2016. In 2020-21, Jason was the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Fellowship Programme Conductor. During the pandemic years, Jason founded Afflatus Ensemble to provide concert platforms for young aspiring musicians to come and perform together from all around the world.
Last December, Jason was awarded with the prestigious 'Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Nationella Stipendium Orkester Dirigering/Swedish Royal Academy of Music National Scholarship for Orchestral Conductor in Sweden.
