Jason Lim

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SHORT BIO:

Recognized by the Denton-Record Chronicle as one of “2012’s Most Fascinating People,” the career of conductor Jason Lim is on the rise. Lim was born in Penang, Malaysia and began his formal training in viola performance when he won a scholarship to study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Alice Waten. He commenced his studies at the Canberra (Australia) School of Music, and completed his bachelor’s degree with honors at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. Jason received his Masters degree in orchestral conducting from the University of NorthTexas.

It was in Canberra that he began his conducting studies: first as an apprentice with the Canberra Youth Orchestra, and later as an Assistant Conductor with the Ku Ring Gai Philharmonic Orchestra in Sydney, a position that was awarded in conjunction with winning first prize in the New South Wales Ministry of Arts Conducting Prize. Most recently, Mr. Lim has been of awards from the American Prize Competition: the 2011 the Young Conductor Citation Award, second prize in the 2015 American Prize Conducting Competition and most recently, wining 1st Prize in the 2016-2017 American Prize Competition for Professional Conductors. In addition Jason also received the Ernst Bacon Memorial Prize for excellence in performance of American Music. In June 2013, Jason made his European conducting debut conducting the Academic State Concert Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in Kiev and appeared as guest conductor with the Zabrze Philharmonic Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2014 and has appeared as guest conductor in Abilene, South Carolina, California, Pennsylvania, New York Sate, Georgia and Texas.