Taiwanese Clarinetist Julien Chun-Yen LAI(1994), won the first prize and the prize audience of the 2021 Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition in France. Moreover, He was also the other first prize winner of the competitions below : Mozart International clarinet competition in Beijing when he was just 17, Buffet Crampon clarinet competition in Taiwan.

As a passionate chamber musician, Julien worked with leading international artists, among them Nicolas Baldeyrou, Romain Guyot, Radovan Vlatković, the string quartet of the CMS of Lincoln Center, the composer Brett Dean. He also performed frequently with the orchestra as an international soliste : Chamber Orchestra of Hannover, Orchestra Opera of Rouen Normandie, Orchestre of Caen, Orchestra of CNSM de Lyon, Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra.

He graduated from the National Conservatory Superior of Music in Lyon (CNSM de Lyon), with distinguished professors Nicolas Baldeyrou, Robert Bianciotto, Franck Amet. Before he was admitted to CNSM de Lyon, he also studied with the great clarinetist Florent Héau at CRR de Rueil-Malmaison. After the study in France, he went to the Haute École de Musique de Genève with Romain Guyot in 2018.
Julien Chun-Yen LAI is now the associate principal clarinet of the Taiwan Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jun Märkl and the clarinet professor at the National Taiwan Normal University.

Program

1st round

Patricia Gil Jiménez / Rhythms and tones for the Angels for clarinet and electronics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Concerto 1st movement

2nd round

Robert Schumann / Fantasiestücke Op.73
Leonard Bernstein / Sonata
Henri Tomasi / Concerto

Semi Final

Johan Duijck / Ich Liebe Dich
Bruno Mantovani / Bug
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Quintet

Final

Erik Desimpelaere / The songs of Arion
Louis Spohr / Concerto nr 2