Eugene Lai is a Taiwanese clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and composer. He holds a Master’s degree in Bass Clarinet Performance from the Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands, and is currently the only Taiwanese musician to have completed this specialized program. His work draws on the contemporary bass clarinet tradition established by Harry Sparnaay, spanning classical, contemporary, and improvised music. He studied clarinet with Chih-Ning Kao, Eugenia Jin, and Pei-Yun Lin, and bass clarinet with Ji-Hsi Chang and Fie Schouten.

Active in Europe and Asia, Lai has performed at ClarinetFest®, the European Clarinet Congress, and the Sound of Music Festival in the Netherlands. He has also served as a guest musician with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Taipei Symphony Orchestra. His distinctions include the Hsing-Tian-Kong Award, shortlisting for the Messina International Clarinet Competition in Italy, and selection as a OneBeat artist-in-residence.

Lai is the founder and Artistic Director of Quintette Les Jeux d’Anches and a member of Ensemble TMAP. His work spans performance, composition, free improvisation, and contemporary chamber music curation.