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LondonFirst Night of the Proms 2026

BBC Proms
Copland, Gershwin, Ravel, Stephenson, Finzi
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Dalia Stasevska; Yunchan Lim; Thomas Atkins; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus

StockholmDreams of Freedom

© Bonsook Koo | Petr Kadlec
Ravel, Smetana
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Yunchan Lim

HelsinkiCzech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov / Yunchan Lim

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Ravel, Smetana
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Yunchan Lim

LucerneCzech Philharmonic

© James Hole
Smetana, Ravel, Dvořák
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Yunchan Lim

PragueYunchan Lim / Semyon Bychkov / Czech Philharmonic

© Petra Hajská
Dvořák, Ravel, Smetana
Czech Philharmonic; Semyon Bychkov; Yunchan Lim

LondonYunchan Lim

Wigmore Hall
Mozart
Yunchan Lim, Piano
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One moon, three waters: Yunchan Lim’s Mozart with Camerata Salzburg

Sunhae Im and Yunchan Lim © Shin-joong Kim | MOC
A pair of piano concertos envelop a concert aria as Yunchan Lim opens his Mozart project with poise and nerve in Seoul. 
*****
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An azure secret: Yunchan Lim’s star power at Wigmore Hall

Yunchan Lim © Darius Weinberg | Wigmore Hall
The Korean pianist astonishes in Schubert and Scriabin, in a performance sure to be a highlight of Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary festivities.
*****
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Yunchan Lim at Carnegie Hall: unmooring musical time

Yunchan Lim © Fadi Kheir
Schubert and Scriabin are shaped by expansion and suspension in the Korean pianist’s Carnegie Hall recital. 
****1
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Schumann from the inside out: Yunchan Lim and Staatskapelle Dresden

Yunchan Lim, Myung-whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden © Vincero | Won Hee Lee
Yunchan Lim seldom seeks the spotlight in a reflective, conversational account of Schumann's Piano Concerto, conducted by Myung-whun Chung. 
*****
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Yunchan Lim, Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia in Seoul

Yunchan Lim and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia © Won Hee Lee, courtesy of Vincero
Daniel Harding and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia choose proportion over spectacle as their Asian tour reaches Seoul. 
****1
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Brilliant Bartók and an Adams premiere from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Yunchan Lim and the Philadelphia Orchestra © Margo Reed
Yunchan Lim makes his long-awaited local debut in collaboration with his frequent partner Marin Alsop, the orchestra's newly minted Principal Guest Conductor.
***11
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Fort WorthYunchan Lim: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor – 2022 Cliburn Competition

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop; Yunchan Lim
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On top of the chamber music world: John Gilhooly

John Gilhooly © Kaupo Kikkas
The London venue’s Artistic Director talks about Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary season, programming 600 concerts – and finding ways to pay for it all. 

Music as a public good: BBC Proms 2024

BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall © Chris Christodoulou
Stretching over 8 weeks, and with concerts in London and 6 cities across the UK, this year’s BBC Proms has a vast offering – including guest orchestras, premieres, and celebrations of Holst, Bruckner and Schoenberg.