Biography

Jason is a second-year postgraduate studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. Born in Hong Kong, he began learning piano at the age of seven. He then went abroad to continue his studies in the UK in 2009 and occasionally took part in masterclasses with Margaret Fingerhut. Jason is now a licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music. His postgraduate studies are generously supported by the FW Wright Scholarship and ABRSM Jardine Matheson Prize Fund Award.

Since his undergraduate study in 2014, he has been a student of Colin Stone, Paul Janes and Helen Krizos. He recently took part in masterclasses with renowned pianists such as Andrei Diev, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Martin Roscoe, Stephen Hough, Philippe Cassard, among others. Jason has performed as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral pianist throughout Manchester and Leeds, most notably in Stoller Hall, Bridgewater Hall and RNCM Concert Hall. Jason was recently a finalist of the RNCM Concerto Competition, playing Liebermann’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

He has performed Haydn's Piano Concerto in D major, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 in the RNCM Concert Hall. Jason particularly resonates with music by J.S. Bach, Liszt, Ravel and Lowell Liebermann.

Besides solo playing, Jason is also an enthusiastic chamber musician and has had lessons with Matthew Hunt, The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio, Henk Guittart, and the Notos Quartet, playing repertoire such as Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G minor, Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor, Debussy’s Piano Trio in G major and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor. He is also involved in various orchestral piano playing ranging from Classical works to Film and Musicals.

Repertoire

Solo Piano

JS Bach

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1

Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2

Bartók

Suite, Op.14

Brahms

5 Studies, no. 5 ‘Chaconne by J.S. Bach’

Klavierstucke Op.76 No. 1

Rhapsodies Op. 79

Beethoven

Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op. 13

Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No.2

Chopin

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12

Étude in A flat major, Op. 25 No. 1

Étude in C sharp minor, Op.25 No. 7

Nocturne in E major, Op.62 No.2

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.

Polonaise in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2

Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1

Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 2

Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53

Prélude in B flat major, Op. 9 No. 1

Prélude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4

Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2

Crumb

Makrokosmos, Volume I No.1 ‘Primeval Sounds (Genesis I)’

Debussy

Prélude No. 7 ‘Ce qu'a vu le Vent d'Quest’ from Book 1

Prélude No. 8 ‘La fille aux cheveux de lin’ from Book 1

Prélude No. 10 ‘La cathédrale engloutie’ from Book 1

Prélude No. 7 ‘La terrasse des audiences du claie de lune’ from Book 2

Prélude No. 11 ‘Les tierces alternées’ from Book 2

Haydn

Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI/32

Sonata in C sharp minor, Hob. XVI/36

Jolivet

Cinq danses rituelles, No. 4 ‘Danse du rapt’

Liebermann

Gargoyles, Op. 29 No. 1&2

Piano & Orchestra

Grainger

Shepherd’s Hey

David Lang

Are You Experienced?

Haydn

Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII: 11

Jennifer Higdon

Zaka

Liebermann

Concerto No. 1, Op. 12

Liszt

Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124

Poulenc

Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra, FP. 61

Chamber Music

Beethoven

Piano Trio Op.3 No. 1

Bossi

Piano Trio, Op.107

Brahms

Hungarian Dances No. 1-6, WoO 1

Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op. 25

Sonata in E flat major for Clarinet and Piano Op. 120 No. 2

Sonata for Two Pianos, Op.34b 1st movement

Bridge

Two pieces, for viola and piano

Clarke

Passacaglia on an Old English Tune for Viola and Piano

Copland

Appalachian Spring

Debussy

Piano Trio in G major, L. 3

Elgar

Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

Händel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba for Piano Duet

Haydn

Symphony No. 96 ‘Miracle’ arr. For 2 Pianos (Arr. Jason & Matt Lam)

Liebermann

Piano Trio, Op. 32

Lutoslowski

Variations on a Theme of Paganini, for Two Pianos

Liszt

Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata from Années de pèlerinage II, Italie, S. 161

Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S. 534/2bis

"Erlkönig" & "Gretchen am Spinnrade" Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558, No. 4 & 8

Funérailles from Harmonies Poétiques & Religieuses S. 173

Gretchen aus Faust-Symphonie, S.513

Liebesträume No. 3, S. 541

Polonaise No. 2 in E flat major, S. 223

Prelude and Fugue by J.S. Bach in A minor, S.462 No.1

Reminiscences de Norma, S. 394

Six Consolations, S. 172 No.1&3

Sonetto 104 del petrarca from Années de pèlerinage II, Italie, S. 161

Mendelssohn

Etude in F minor, WoO 1

6 Prelude and Fugues, Op.35 No.1 in E minor

Mozart

Sonata in A minor, K. 310

Sonata in A major, K. 331

Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exibition

Rachmaninov

Prélude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Prélude in E flat major, Op. 23 No. 6

Ravel

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Miroirs

Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

Rzewski

North American Ballads, No.3 ‘Down by the Riverside’

Scarlatti

Sonata in D minor K. 141

Schumann

Selections from Kinderszenen Op. 15

Schubert

Impromptu in G flat major, D. 899 No. 3

Impromptu in A flat major, D. 935 No. 2

Impromptu in B flat major, D. 899 No. 3

Sonata in A major D. 664

Scriabin

Etude in D sharp minor, Op.8 No. 12

Shostakovich

Prelude & Fugue in D minor, No. 24

Mahler

Piano Quartet in A minor

Mozart

Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478

Sonata for Two Pianos in D, K. 448 first movement

Mussorgsky

Dance of the Persian Slaves from Khovanschina, for Piano Four Hands (Arr. Jason Lam)

Piazzolla

Estaciones porteñas, for Piano Trio

Poulenc

Sonata for Piano Four Hands

Ravel

Daphnis et Chloé Suite No.2 (arr. Vyacheslav Gryaznov)

La Valse, for Two Pianos

Rapsodie Espangole, for Piano Four Hands

Schnittke

Hommage à Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

Schubert

Allegro, in A minor “Lebenssturme”

Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821

Stravinsky

Feu d’artifice, Op. 4

Trois pieces faciles

Ravel

Trois Poèmes de Stèphane Mallarmè

Kaija Saariaho

Solar

Mark Simpson

Nur Musik

Straw Dogs

Tchaikovsky

Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Ye Xiaogang

The Backyard of the VIllage