Ruth Leon recommends… Yunchan Lim – Chopin and Tchaikovsky
Daily Comfort ZoneYunchan Lim – Chopin and Tchaikovsky
I was lucky enough to have been invited to Wigmore Hall’s Gala this month which presented a great selection of musicians and music. Among those participating musicians was the 19-year old Yunchan Lim and Wigmore Hall is making his contribution to the Gala available free for the whole month.
Already a prodigious success at various international competitions, Yunchan Lim received the Gold Medal at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth at the age of 18 – the youngest ever winner. ‘Lim is a one-in-a-million talent’, wrote the Dallas Morning News, while for jury chair Marin Alsop he is ‘that rare artist who brings profound musicality and prodigious technique organically together.’
The programme is:
Tchikovsky’s The Seasons Op.37a:
March (Song of the Lark)/ May (White Nights)/ June (Barcarolle)/ September (The Hunt)/October (Autumn Song)
and Chopin’s Etudes:Etude in E Op. 10 No. 3
Etude in G flat Op. 10 No. 5
Etude in E flat Op. 10 No. 11
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12
Yunchan Lim is undoubtedly an old soul bearing his gift of music. For someone so young to have played the 12 Transcendental Etudes of Liszt in the semis at Cliburn, with such profound raw emotion is unheard-of.
He simply melted my heart.