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Pianist Lim Yunchan to Perform with Seoul Philharmonic Early Next Year

Pianist Lim Yunchan to Perform with Seoul Philharmonic Early Next Year

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Pianist Lim Yunchan will perform with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) in early January as the orchestra’s first performance since the inauguration of its new music director, Jaap van Zweden, the orchestra said Wednesday. The concert, titled “New Era with Jaap van Zweden,” takes place from Jan. 25-26 and [...]

2022 Cliburn Piano Competition Winner Lim Yunchan Signs with Decca Classics

2022 Cliburn Piano Competition Winner Lim Yunchan Signs with Decca Classics

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Pianist Lim Yunchan, the youngest winner of the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, has signed a contract with the Decca Classics record label, Universal Music Group said Thursday. At 18, Lim won the prestigious award last June, with his stellar performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, which [...]

Piano Prodigy Lim Yunchan Releases Live Album ‘Beethoven·Isangyun·Barber’

Piano Prodigy Lim Yunchan Releases Live Album ‘Beethoven·Isangyun·Barber’

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean piano prodigy Lim Yunchan said Monday he wanted to deliver Beethoven’s utopia through the composer’s No. 5 Piano Concerto “Emperor” on his first live album in collaboration with Gwangju Symphony Orchestra. The 18-year-old took the stage with the local orchestra, conducted by Hong Suk-won, at Tongyeong Concert [...]

S. Korean Pianist Lim Wins Top Prize in Van Cliburn Int’l Competition

S. Korean Pianist Lim Wins Top Prize in Van Cliburn Int’l Competition

SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pianist Lim Yunchan has won the top prize in a prestigious international piano competition in the United States, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the 60-year-old contest, its website showed Sunday. Lim, the 18-year-old student of the Korea National University of Arts, clinched the gold in the finals [...]