Korean-born New Zealander conductor Jason Bae has recently graduated 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 as part of his studies, Jason will return to conduct Gävle Symphony Orchestra, 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 the 2024 Talent Norge Elite Conducting Program where he conducted Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the masterclass led by Antony Hermus. In 2023, he was invited as one of six conductors around the world to take part at the 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, Jukka-Pekka Saraste with Seoul Philharonic Orchestra and Jorma Panula with South Denmark Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jason received 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.
He 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, he founded Afflatus Ensemble to provide concert platforms for young aspiring musicians to come and perform together from all around the world.
In 2023, Jason has been awarded with the prestigious 'Kungliga Musikaliska Akademiens Nationella Stipendium Orkester Dirigering/Swedish Royal Academy of Music National Scholarship for Orchestral Conductor in Sweden.
