Yunchan Lim- 2022 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

Yunchan Lim- 2022 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

 

In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest person ever to win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; his performances throughout showcased a “magical ability” and a “natural, instinctive quality” (La Scena) that astounded listeners around the world. As Jury Chair Marin Alsop expressed: “Yunchan is that rare artist who brings profound musicality and prodigious technique organically together.” The depth of his artistry and connection to listeners also secured him the Audience Award and Best Performance of a New Work (for Sir Stephen Hough’s Fanfare Toccata). 

Once every four years, a new gold medalist emerges from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As Nebraska’s official Van Cliburn presenter since 1994, the Lied Center presents the newly awarded Van Cliburn Gold Medalist for the first time. With previous winners including Olga Kern, Vadym Kholodenko, Jon Nakamatsu, and Behzod Abduraimov, the Cliburn is widely considered to be one of the world’s preeminent music contests.

THIS ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED.

Location: 
Lied Center Main Stage

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Piano Circle:

Mary-Ann K. Clinton, Anabeth H. Cox, Keith Heckman, MarySue Harris, Mrs. Larry H. Lusk, Charlotte Heermann, Diana Warner, Joan M. Reist

Supported in part by the Joe W. & Ruth K. Seacrest Fund and the Anabeth Hormel Cox Lied Performance Fund.

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About Yunchan Lim

2022 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest person ever to win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; his performances throughout showcased a “magical ability” and a “natural, instinctive quality” (La Scena) that astounded listeners around the world. The depth of his artistry and connection to listeners also secured him the Audience Award and Best Performance of a New Work (for Sir Stephen Hough’s Fanfare Toccata).

Just 18 years old, Yunchan’s ascent to international stardom has been meteoric. His final Cliburn Competition appearance with Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 delivered the defining moment of the three-week event; as one critic noted: “The applause that followed was endless: a star had emerged before our eyes” (Seen and Heard International). The video of that performance trended globally on YouTube in the days after, reaching #25, and has now become the most-watched version of that piece on the platform, amassing more than 5.5 million views in just one month.

Yunchan has performed across his native South Korea—including with the Korean Orchestra Festival, Korea Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, and Busan Philharmonic Orchestras, among others—as well as in Madrid, at the invitation ofthe Korea Cultural Centerin Spain. His 2022–2023 inaugural tour as Cliburn winner takes him across four continents, with highlights including the Aspen Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society, and Performing Arts Houston in the United States; Seoul Arts Center, National Concert Hall in Taipei, and the KBS and Korean National Symphony Orchestrasin Asia; and recital toursin Europe and South America.

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Program

YUNCHAN LIM Gold Medalist, Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Program – April 2023

John Dowland | William Byrd (1563–1626) | (1539–1623): Pavana Lachrymae                                                 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): 15 Sinfonias, BWV 787–801                                                                                             

– intermission – 

 Ludwig van Beethoven  (1770–1827): Seven Bagatelles, op. 33

Variations and Fugue in E-flat Major, op. 35 ("Eroica")

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2023-04-16

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