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
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