Jeremy Lake was born in London, UK, and began playing the cello at the age of ten. At fifteen, he joined the National Youth Orchestra and later won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Joan Dickson and Amanda Truelove. During his time at the RCM, he won several prizes, particularly in chamber music. He was selected to participate in a masterclass with Mstislav Rostropovich and also performed chamber music with him in concert.

After graduating from the RCM, Jeremy pursued further studies with Clive Greensmith, Timothy Hugh, and Johannes Goritzki in Düsseldorf, Germany.

As a freelance musician, he performed with all the major orchestras and ensembles in the UK and was highly active as both a chamber musician and soloist.

In 1998, he moved to Lisbon, Portugal, to join the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and also became a professor at ANSO, one of the city’s leading music conservatories. He later began performing with the Gulbenkian Orchestra and was appointed principal cello of the OML in 2004. Since 2005, he has been a full-time member of the Gulbenkian Orchestra. In 2013, he also became a founding member of Camerata Atlântica.

Jeremy continues to perform regularly as a chamber musician and soloist.