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Institute for Concert Artists Recital: Yunchan Lim, Piano
Jordan Hall
The Institute for Concert Artists at NEC is home to a group of extraordinary musicians poised to launch significant careers across a diverse spectrum of genres, including classical (instrumental and vocal), jazz, world and cross-cultural music, interdisciplinary work, and beyond.
Performers in this highly selective two-year program pursue the Conservatory’s prestigious Artist Diploma through recital and showcase concerts and with the support of a full-tuition scholarship and stipend, dedicated mentorship, and comprehensive career-development guidance.
Yunchan Lim ’26 AD studies piano with Minsoo Sohn.
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Yunchan Lim, piano
Since becoming the youngest person to ever win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the age of 18 in 2022, Yunchan Lim’s ascent to international stardom has been meteoric. Marin Alsop expressed: “Yunchan is that rare artist who brings profound musicality and prodigious technique organically together.”
In the years following his Cliburn win, Yunchan made successful orchestral debuts with the New York, Los Angeles, Munich, and Seoul Philharmonic orchestras, as well as Chicago, Lucerne, BBC, Boston, and Tokyo Symphony orchestras among others. Recital appearances include performances at Carnegie Hall, Verbier Festival, the Wigmore Hall, Het Concertgebouw, and Suntory Hall, among other major stages.
Lim’s 2024/25 season highlights include orchestral debuts with Washington National Symphony, London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, and WDR Symphony Orchestras, as well as returning to New York Philharmonic, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra de Paris. This season will also see his recital debut at the Kennedy Center, and a return to Carnegie Hall.
As an exclusive Decca Classics recording artist, Yunchan Lim’s acclaimed debut studio album, Chopin Études Opp.10 & 25 has gone double platinum in South Korea and topped the classical charts around the world.
His previous releases include Liszt’s Transcendental Études (Steinway & Sons); Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” (Universal Music Group); and his appearance on KBS’s 2020 Young Musicians of Korea album.
Born in Siheung, Korea, Yunchan Lim began piano lessons at age 7. He was accepted into the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts at age 13, where he met his teacher and mentor, Minsoo Sohn. In 2019, aged only 15, he became the youngest person to win Korea’s IsangYun International Competition. Yunchan currently studies at the New England Conservatory of Music with his teacher Minsoo Sohn.
Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major, D. 850
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Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor, Op. 23
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30
