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Yunchan Lim’s London debut at the Wigmore Hall

Date: Wednesday 18 January 2023, 7:30pm
Venue:
Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP | | [Map]

Tickets: from £16 | Buy tickets here
Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim at the 2022 Van Cliburn competition (photo: Ralph Lauer)

Already a prodigious success at various international competitions, the Korean pianist 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.’

Programme

John Dowland (1563-1626)

  • Pavana Lachrymae (arranged by William Byrd)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

  • 15 Sinfonias BWV787-801

INTERVAL

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

  • 7 Bagatelles Op. 33
  • 15 Variations and a Fugue on an Original Theme in E flat ‘Eroica Variations’ Op. 35

ENCORE

Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (transcribed by Myra Hess)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

  • Liebestraum No. 3 S541

(automatically generated) We didn’t review this event, but The Guardian did, here.

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