Yunchan Lim makes dazzling Carnegie Hall debut

Yunchan Lim

By Susan Stempleski, 22 February 2024

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“all performed with prodigious technique, intense musicality and a marvelous sense of freedom and joy”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 21 February 2024

Chopin, 3 Nouvelles études, Op.posth

Chopin, 12 Études, Op.10

Chopin, 12 Études, Op.25

Chopin, Nocturne in C sharp minor, "Lento Con Gran Espressione", Op. posth, B 49

Bellini, Norma: Casta Diva (trans. Chopin)

Chopin, Nocturne no. 2 in E flat major, Op.9 no.2

Chopin, Étude in A flat major, Op.25 no.1

Yunchan Lim, Piano

Yunchan Lim at Carnegie Hall: unmooring musical time

Edward Sava-Segal, 24th April

Schubert and Scriabin are shaped by expansion and suspension in the Korean pianist’s Carnegie Hall recital.

****1

Schumann from the inside out: Yunchan Lim and Staatskapelle Dresden

SangKwon Lee, 1st February

Yunchan Lim seldom seeks the spotlight in a reflective, conversational account of Schumann's Piano Concerto, conducted by Myung-whun Chung.

*****

Yunchan Lim, Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 4th December

Daniel Harding and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia choose proportion over spectacle as their Asian tour reaches Seoul.

****1

Brilliant Bartók and an Adams premiere from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 4th October

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

Gustavo Dudamel opens the New York Philharmonic season

Susan Stempleski, 11th September

Joined by pianist Yunchan Lim, the opening concert of Gustavo Dudamel’s season as the orchestra's Music and Artistic Director Designate features exhilarating performances from the American repertoire.

****1

Yunchan Lim plays a starring role in the CBSO’s Prom

Leighton Jones, 1st August

Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio are not three easy bedfellows, however Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra pull these strands together remarkably.

****1

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.

Yunchan Lim makes a dazzling debut at Carnegie Hall in all-Chopin recital