Yunchan Lim piano - Live at Wigmore Hall

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Yunchan Lim piano
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

[@tomharris1252]

He is a genius who appears once every 100 years.

[@jollyview]

Agreed. We all are blessed to witness this once in a century genius.

[@sunapark2177]

Agreed. He just a genious. He just in the different level

[@versavice5293]

Indeed.

[@paulzeng6211]

What a raging sycophantic liar. His Liszt is questionable at best and built on the failures of many so-called pianists who are actually poor mediocres. His Chopin, the real test of virtuosity, etude No.2 and No.4 - now he uses all pedals for the No.2 and is not up to speed, while No.4 is a disaster in my standards.

[@paulzeng6211]

You guys commenting are a bunch of sycophants who can't or don't play piano.

[@enriquesanchez2001]

I return once more and must ask: "Have we just witnessed a verifiable MIRACLE in our midst?" I am at a loss for words.

[@valfriesen4861]

What a sublime gift this young man is to all music lovers!

[@LaurenKellyPianoLessons]

I've heard these a thousand times, yet for the first time today.

[@a.n8370]

Brilliant performance, with those crystal clear notes. I always get the feeling Yunchan Lim elevated whoever was in the room with him. Experiences that ranged from the sublime to the passionate... I am witnessing an artist who is devoted to music. This is why I'm interested in this young pianist.

[@ghf7573]

This is absolutely the best recital. His brilliant talent is God's greatest gift to mankind. His performance is spectacular but very delicate, accurate, modest and sublime. Yunchan is the first artist who thought it was breathtakingly beautiful while listening to the piano. I hope he will be the happiest pianist. God bless you always.🙏❤️

[@charlotte-kf4zp]

Yunchan Lim is a rare pianist who plays the characteristics of each era from the Renaissance to the Romantic period

[@axelpierrard5729]

Absolument incroyable de maîtrise, de sculpture sonore, d'inventivité et de tant d'autres choses.... La perfection existe-t-elle ? On a tendance à y croire après ce concert.

[@eleanorshayeva3747]

Yunchan is deeply profound young soul and has nothing to do with old! He is the Genius!

[@melinaanibarro7324]

I watched it live and his playing just leaves me speechless every. time. I feel blessed to live in the same era as him. May God keep him healthy. (The very first piece he played I never heard before and i just keep going back to that one WOW)

[@vcliburn]

Yunchan Lim is now barely 20. But he has the musical soul of someone much older...and with decades more experience! When he performs it's like being transported to another world entirely...a world in which the music is everything!

[@saltburner2]

It is astonishing that such a young artist should have such a complete grasp of so many types of music, and should play them all with such depth of feeling as well as technical mastery. There has been no-one quite like him - long may he flourish.

[@ida-bu4ys]

I don't know why I keep crying while listening to his performance. I think Yunchan's music certainly has the power to tap quietly but firmly deep inside.He is a really good pianist👏

[@SY-eq5qf]

I went to see his performance at Wigmore Hall in person. I've never seen a pianist like him who creates this kind of piano music in my entire life. He's a pianist who shows everything beyond imagination. I realized for the first time that the piano could produce this kind of sound, and that Bach and Beethoven were geniuses among geniuses.

[@stillippuni]

WoW !!!!! Envy you !!

[@cribedadabecri5764]

If Beethoven had heard this concert, he would have kissed not only Yunchan’s forehead (as he did with Liszt), but also his hands and his heart. He goes right into my soul, whenever I hear him play anything. He is on his own class, not only at a higher, but at a deeper level. I can only praise God for giving him to all of us in this world.

[@user-bm4kr1eq5x]

☆You must be beautiful person♡ I can feel the sincerity in your words,like a confession of faith...

[@annachiu9955]

Couldn’t agree with you more!!!❤️🎹

[@amesakurako1]

Completely agree with this from my heart

[@user-xs6yq7nd1w]

Yes!!! We are all blessed with his celestial music. Hopefully his music could change the world more beautiful.

[@celesteaida48]

I agree with you. Every time I listen to him playing I have tears flowing and goosebumps. His playing touches deep inside this old lady’s heart. You are a blessing young man.

[@raoze7017]

'좋아요'를 한 개만 누를 수밖에 없다는 사실이 슬프다. 하늘의 별만큼은 아니어도, 적어도 오늘 임윤찬이 연주한 음표의 숫자만큼은 누르고 싶다.

[@jun-eh8ww]

오 맞아맞아요 ㅋㅋㅋ 왕공감 좋아요가 한번 뿐이라니 ㅠ

[@jaikeunjacksonjin8856]

👍👍👍👍

[@user-fj1gz4xp3f]

I've never had thought about living longer. But today I found the reason to do that, which is to enjoy his music more . Especially I hope that he would play Goldberg variations live before I die.

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

I just got tix for his Goldberg variations at Carnegie Hall next year!! I hope you can make it there too!

[@ct3293]

@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094I hope to go too! but I cannot find any individual tickets….😢

[@matt-chan3489]

His repect to Gould is real lol. It's amazing a pinist with the best virtuosity in the era has also the highest spirit.

[@sooseong216]

This performance proves what his teacher Prof Sohn Minsoo said, ”If there’s anyone was born to do music, it would be Yunchan Lim“

[@arksoundtek]

that's why I edit and published also SOHN MINSOO performaces of Appassionata, Mazeppa and RAVEL LA VALSE piano duo version with Yunchan Lim ! It's important to listen the genesis, because music doesn't raise from "nothing" but is a tradition and hours of hard excercise and never stop! The goal is in the path not in a point! 🙇‍♂🙇‍♂🙇‍♂

[@johnlowe2010]

Beethoven biographer Edmund Morris reports that when Beethoven played in Prussia, he so stunned his listeners that "they crowded around his piano, weeping." I cried as I listened here to Yunchan Lim play Beethoven. I reiterate my awe from when he overwhelmed us with his Emperor: Dear Yunchan Lim, Thank you for such dedication to your art. Thank you for every hour you spend practicing alone. Thank you for bringing us this wonderful music in its most sublime glory. And please don't ever change.

[@challotepark9539]

As you told me the anecdote of Edmund Morris, I was able to better understand Yoonchan's interpretation of Beethoven's music. His music seems to have the magical power to deeply touch people's hearts. thank you. enough explanation

[@ddestiny44]

YES to ‘don’t ever change’.

[@herveverbaert254]

peut-on vraiment faire confiance à cette biographie d'Edmund Morris? C'est un écrivain américain spécialisé dans l'histoire des présidents des Etats-Unis... Déjà dans la biographie de Manyard Solomon (américain également), on trouve quelques erreurs... Can we really trust this biography of Edmund Morris? He is an American writer specializing in the history of the presidents of the United States... Already in the biography of Manyard Solomon (also American), there are some errors/mistakes...

[@herveverbaert254]

What would intellectual musicians like Leslie Howard, Stephen Hough, Nigel Simeone, Alan Walker (...) think of this?

[@jollyview]

what you wrote here is truly beautiful and thoughtful as well

[@a_dot_in_space]

Thanks to Yunchan Lim's performance, I came to understand Beethoven's humor properly.

[@user-cr8if3hv4x]

So do I

[@simplerage6274]

can't agree more

[@user-xv6rg5fe9u]

Charles Rosen once told me that, as great as he was, Rudolph Serkin complete did not understand humor in Beethoven. As you point out Yunchan has clearly grasped and mastered this aspect of Beethoven

[@user-kn1qj2gu3h]

The most amazing thing is that his play sounds attractive even to the normal listener who are not aware of piano.

[@user-qt7vu1qk4q]

Agree~

[@jaikeunjacksonjin8856]

Agree

[@user-ft9yc3qk7n]

이거에요

[@jacobschiller4486]

The "normal listener who are (sic) not aware of piano" are more likely to find recitals impressive, because they don't really understand what is going on, and assume is it excellent.

[@user-ft9yc3qk7n]

@@jacobschiller4486 what are you saying about? you intended to say it is not that much excellent?

[@HS-ot4rq]

Until today, I was not able to think of any better pianism than the Yunchan's performance in Van Cliburn by anybody even by himself. But wait... what's happening here? I can say that this is another legendary record of piano music. For sure.

[@sannumasan]

His Eroica made me cry for joy. Truly, this young pianist is blessing for the humanity.

[@user-io6df8gd1m]

Right

[@G_sharp500]

Yunchan's left hand is a blessing.

[@PP-wp2bx]

So is his right hand

[@TheLifeisgood72]

So is his brain

[@dionysus4778]

So is his hair

[@ros4137]

😂😍❤️

[@user-et5rs6ko7y]

나는 엄청난 연습의 결과인 윤찬의 왼손 타건과, 영롱한 멜러디와 그의 레가토를 사랑합니다.

[@laral8137]

I was lucky enough to witness this performance at the venue and his focus was palpable in the air! And of course I didn't know Yunchan had that convo with Michael White about Bagatelles until I watched this video. I have to vouch for him that many in the audience including myself had to let out a sigh of awe and really laughed a little after each one because they were so exquisite and charming. He says nothing has changed really after winning the competition but he's changing the classical world. Bravo maestro!

[@NellaFantasia-xq1wh]

Thank you Lara for sharing your experience with us. I hope I could witness Yunchan's performance directly in someday but here in Korea, it seems to be almost impossible to get a ticket !!

[@celesteaida48]

He is just in a world a part. What a gift he is!

[@laral8137]

@@NellaFantasia-xq1wh I could only imagine his popularity in Korea! Hope you watch him live soon. His live performance is literally breathtaking.

[@laral8137]

@@celesteaida48 He truly is!

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

​@@NellaFantasia-xq1wh I'm in nyc and his may concert is already sold out 😢

[@catherinejones9396]

Listening to this concert yet again, I wonder how many of us really recognise the clearly analytical thought, time, patience and attention to every detail that Yunchan has put into it, or seen that at eighteen he was already clearly a force to be reckoned with. It's a bit like an early history of piano and delivered brilliantly, every piece in it was a masterpiece. Thank you Yunchan and Wigmore

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

@catherinejones9396. You are absolutely right. It most certainly looks and sounds like he has given a great deal of thought to every single note and every interval and considered exactly how it should sound. He thinks every detail through and considers every detail of how it should sound. As they say it is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration but the results speak for themselves! I read some time ago that when he was interviewed by the critic Richard Morrison after one of his concerts he told him that on one occasion he spent an entire day working out how best to play 4 bars of a Schubert sonata! If that is how he approaches his work it is no wonder the results are so spectacular. I am excited that I will be attending his recital at the Royal Albert Hall in London next Monday where he will play all the Chopin etudes.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Thank you, dear Catherine!

[@user-dz1nr3ed2n]

@@Ariadne-cg4cq If you mean the BBC PROMS, doesn't Yunchan play in a concerto, not a recital?😯😯

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

@@user-dz1nr3ed2n At the Proms he will play Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto on the 29th of July with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi. I already booked my ticket.

[@ripa1685]

Today news: 🎉🎉🎉 Pianist Yunchan Lim’s recital is one of the most viewed Wigmore Hall livestreams to date;❤ at his request ❤ we’ve made his recital available again online for free so our audience can relive the memory of this incredibly special concert.

[@hojang8450]

ㅡ3ㅡㅡ드ㅜ ㅚ😂아 ㄴㆍㅗㅗㅡㅡ느ㅜ ㅡㄷㅌㆍㄷ3ㅡ ㅔㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅣㅑ3ㅣㅡ😮//////////////////////////////////////////😊😊😅😊

[@encarnamendezseara9719]

I"m glad you did it. Enjoying Dowland and Yunchan Lim

[@vankirby1762]

He played with all his soul.

[@santilarosa5062]

Great music and great performance! Lim was so brave choosing these not often played pieces for the London premiere. And seems so homey playing so British pieces (from Byrd to Hess transcription) in the most British music halls. Great music and great performance 🫶🏼

[@Makusa-qc2qd]

Yunchan Lim is, I'm pretty sure, the pianist of this generation. And maybe the generation before, too. I'm in my mid 40's, and I can't think of a single pianist who compares in my lifetime. Just amazing.

[@suzy7417]

Couldn’t agree more

[@catherinejones9396]

I'm in my 80s and agree with you entirely.

[@lancecablk1365]

he is paying very close attention and feeling the music very fully... I think he is in league with Martha Argerich and Murray Perehia and I hope his recording career flourishes as much or more than theirs

[@lancecablk1365]

I do appreciate Yunchan Lim's (and Inmo Yang's) well-placed restraint and smooth warmth and lyricality in his playing

[@jacobschiller4486]

He is probably not the only pianist his age. I, for instance, am but 5 days older.

[@peter5.056]

his playing is nothing short of miraculous, and I do believe with all my heart that Liszt, Beethoven, Bach would all give standing ovations.

[@xmkks1339]

He never sounds just small or big rather his notes have their own texture color weight and I love it

[@LEB-wg2yv]

I think Yunchan's honesty makes his performance very special. When he plays, he does not hide his intentions and feelings. He plays with all his heart and sincerity as much as everyone can feel. He delivers the composer's message to the audience faithfully to the score, finds hidden notes and plays them so beautifully in his own way. It seems that the audience is immersed in the music and they are greatly impressed because he does not hide himself and approaches without embellishment.

[@user-bs8wb5ow7o]

So do I, IAW

[@suzy7417]

So we’ll commented.

[@user-ok4df1vx9g]

임윤찬 피아니스트가 특별한 이유는 철학을 품은 음악성이어서 입니다. 제가 영어를 못 해 아쉽습니다.

[@user-kb7wx7yi9d]

Вы правы!

[@Anneyu5752]

Genuine mesmerizing young man

[@regtolton]

Sheer genius.

[@BofferBings]

He is an incredible craftsman of sound.

[@jonidjuanda5013]

A new maestro has born.. He is the pianist we been waiting for so long. Pure talent and not exaggerate playing. He is beyond langlang. He is beyond his peer. He just stunning

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

Absolutely beyond Lang Lang.. 100000% agreed!! I can't even bear to listen to Lang Lang due to his overbearing shallow showmanship

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094 to mention Lang Lang in the same breath is sacrilege. He is a piano playing shallow entertainer for the masses. Yunchan Lim is an artist of the highest calibre who interprets the sublime music of the great composers such as Bach and Beethoven to convey to us, the public, what they wanted to express and to make us feel their feelings. He is a true musician of the highest order. Long may he continue to flourish and to perform at such a truly high level of artistic excellence

[@e.k.8835]

Why compare? You can express your preference but don’t disparage the artistry of other artists… Lang Lang is fantastic in his own way. Listen to some not so “showy” stuff he plays. He does it so well. And no, I am not a chinese fan.

[@encarnamendezseara9719]

​@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094Yunchan is extraordinary but before saying those words about Lang Lang which is also a great pianist you should know the story behind him.

[@TrainingforHealth]

Yunchan is my favorite pianist and I can watch his playing all day! Let’s not disparaging other artists though. Each has own beauty.❤

[@charlotterose6724]

4 minutes into the Byrd and I have tears in my eyes. This is stunning.

[@ZadokthePriest11]

A promising young musician! seems modest and polite too, a quality which is going to help him in his career.

Wow, nobody plays the Bach Sinfonias in concert, maybe not even Andras Schiff. Great program overall. It's refreshing to see a young talented pianist who is brave enough to go off the beaten path and finds his way around comfortably!

[@neilford99]

Gould did. A very GG program which for me is lovely to hear.

[@cortootify]

Yes , but his rendition makes music so beautiful.

[@eunicepk]

That's exactly what I love about him!

[@user-io6df8gd1m]

Yunchan follows Gould who he has respected to

[@neilford99]

@@user-io6df8gd1m yes. Yunchan had a KZbin account and has made comments on some videos. It's interesting to get an idea of what has influenced him.

[@KD-lf5vn]

William Byrd is my direct ancestor and Bach saved my soul once upon a troubled time. The young prince of classical piano, in my lounge, with their music, is the most wondrous and joyous thing. Climb every mountain, Lim Yunchan, you amazing young man, old soul.

[@user-gm7kn1qo2l]

I was moved by your comment.

[@user-qu7er5xw8m]

true, young man, old soul :)

[@annielee7547]

heart speaks to heart ~~~ very grateful to your sharing

[@yongjaekim9796]

Truly inspiring comment Climb every mountain to give penetrating encouragement and consolation

[@user-ed4ik6sw1x]

Climb every mountain -my favorite song! Your comment is beautiful

[@a_dot_in_space]

When I listen to his playing, I feel strangely that only he, his performance, and me exist in the world. It's quite unfamiliar because I've never experienced it when listening to other musicians' playing. It is a very special experience, intimate and moving.

[@celesteaida48]

OMG? Why is it that every time I listen to Yun-Chan I cry? Thank you young man. Where does he get this stunning depth? Speechless!

[@musicstewart9744]

This musician is on a star track upward. Evidence A: the live performance was being watched by 4,500 viewers-a number equal to 10 percent of Wigmore’s subscriber base. On a weekday. B: Four hours later this video is up to 26,000 views. Think Maestro Van Cliburn would approve. 🎉

[@iampracticingpiano]

Mr. Lim continues to demonstrate that even very young people can speak with artistic integrity and show us something new, even with music we know well. He gives me hope for the future of human beings.

[@beeing2]

❤

[@elise6341]

Sound is clean, pure, beautiful and personality

[@angelikaweller1874]

Interpreting the music through the universe of his unique perception ! Truly an angel reaching through time and space NOW ±

[@orca8341]

I know nothing about classical music but his music notes are vibrant as if they were living organisms! When the music started, I just wanted to cry in the middle of washing the dishes! I wish I could have a chance to go to his concert in person.

[@scottiepayne3278]

WOW, what a place to start! Yunchan is at the top now as mentioned winning The Cliburn! Hope that you explore the vast musical content of our world!😁

[@user-wc9bn7bh6o]

동의합니다.그리고 직관할 날을 그리며~ 윤찬림 각인 반지도 주문했어요 ㅋㅋ

[@classicalperformances8777]

please, keep listening to classical music, try different pianists, a different one at a time. it's worth it. I'm glad this recital pleased you🙂

[@staffanolofsson8201]

The best no-coughing audience I ever heard!

[@vankirby1762]

It's really sad coz I could give you just one lke.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@vankirby1762 Still, thanks for the just one

[@Miles_Link]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@Miles_Link Thank you Miles for your tears

[@jjh-ox9gi]

얼마전 프랑스 연주회 정말 기침소리 장난 아니었어요 어느 댓글에 병원에 위문공연인줄 착각했다고 우리 윤찬님 짠하고 방해받았을것같은 느낌 기침소리 너무 심해서

[@annabarutti5877]

Yuncham Lim, the future of the Music.

[@matt-chan3489]

I'm a Japanese classical music fan who went to Yunchan's debut recital at Suntory Hall at Tokyo last month. What I feel bit sad is, when big name artists come to Japan, they always perform at extremely large halls, and I can't feel their music close enough. I wish I could listen best artist's music in a hall like Wigmore. Well, Yunchan's Liszt completly filled and blowed the concert hall with 2000 seats though lol.

[@user-ly3nm4lo4d]

私も12/3にサントリーホールのコンサートに行って言葉に出来ない程感動して何日も魔法にかけられたような気分でした。 それでもこんなホールで身近に聴ける幸福を味わってみたい♥そんなチャンスは・・・ 無理かな。 (思いを書く英語力がなくて日本語で)

[@matt-chan3489]

@@user-ly3nm4lo4d リストはユンチャンがパワフルすぎてサントリーの広さで丁度良いくらいでした笑　ギボンズやバッハはもっとこぢんまりした空間で聴きたかったなって思います！このコンサートも、バガテルなんてホールとの相性抜群だっただろうなぁと。 ご返信ありがとうございます😊

[@whathefox624]

맞아요.. 듣고 싶은 아티스트일수록 너무 큰 홀에서 공연하기 때문에 아쉽습니다 😂 개인적으로 일본 산토리홀 너무 너무 가보고 싶어요

[@JL-uo5uv]

He is God's gift to mankind.

[@Sinc-je1he]

He truly is.

[@mandyspintohan3629]

He plays the great music as a true maestro that he is with 18 year old sensibility. One of many reasons why his playing is utterly mesmerizing.

[@janiparsons]

The student as Master. What a stunning display of musicianship and depth of interpretation. I look forward to following his blossoming career, and am so thankful that he presented this program. We all know he "could" have presented the complete Transcendental Etudes by Liszt, but this was such an insightful and bold choice... I adore what it demonstrated in him as an artist.

[@jollyview]

Unselfishness, purity, and nobility. He reminds me of at some point a highest priest or defender in music if it exists.

[@julikim7872]

L nO

[@ausfyausfy2455]

Franz Liszt No3, love dream, is one of my favourite piece and this is the variation I have never heard. However, I really love it and just the beauty behind key control is amazing!

[@jun-eh8ww]

현존하는피아니스트 중에 가장 사랑함

[@user-zq2jk5pq5m]

저두요❤❤❤❤

[@user-bj7vg6wf7v]

ME TOO❤

[@seanschulze5418]

Superb playing....a rare artist who allows the essence of the music to bloom without unnecessary mannerisms or gimmickry. One is left with the feeling that this is simply how the music should sound. I am sure the grateful composers are somewhere smiling in happiness☺

[@wolyoungblyth]

Absolutely agreed!

[@user-xm7qj6wc2y]

Precisely and absolutely perfect performance by such a gifted young but brilliant pianist ever

[@johnbanach3875]

Damn, what a concert! I love that he said his life hasn't changed. It's all about the music for him. He's like a being from another world bringing beauty and joy to our troubled, strife-ridden world!

[@eunicepk]

"All that matters is to make good music. Him and the piano in totally focused relationship" - I love this pianist!

[@tonyventura4605]

He’s the Generation Z’s answer to Evgeny Kissin! Bravissimo!

[@Partymustgoon24]

Wow… great compliment ever.

[@morticianj]

The audience must be the most blessed people in the new year.

[@jeff2446]

So impressive that someone so young plays with such a mature level of sensitivity.

[@encantevole]

He is an old soul!

[@edwardnah6739]

Lim played all with absolutely unique, beautiful, creative, never-seen, touching, and truly musical interpretation!!! Furthermore, he played every of all notes with absolute sensitivities!!! He is not only a genius but a truthful musician we have seen recently!!!

[@christinachang5543]

Absolutely agree with you.

[@SY-eq5qf]

Wow totally agree

[@inhokim3598]

weight of this young man is incredible

[@AristocraC]

So refreshing Bagatelles

[@user-ob8dp3zv5j]

Lim drew the light of Music from original score with only the clarity and the very accuracy. I’m moved by the subtle and distinct vibe from his finger tips. So lovely.

[@stevendaniel8126]

There just aren't enough superlatives to describe the talent and genius we have before us today. Such beauty in an ugly and hateful world. Blessings from somewhere beyond on us all. Did anyone notice how beautiful his hands are?

[@suzy7417]

Yes I did notice. Everything about him is beautiful! 😊

[@Sophie-fs3yf]

We all know I guess as long as we have eyes to appreciate them. Actually what is not beautiful about him?

[@vankirby1762]

Absolutely we all already knew the sublime beauty of his hands. 😂

[@myunglee3683]

Small hands

[@dionysus4778]

Yes, and that's why he's so handsome too 😉

[@G_sharp500]

Yunchan's left hand is for punctuation and underlining. And it gives the effect of increasing the size of the first letter of the sentence.

[@donggukkim7249]

Love your poetic metaphor!

[@albertomartin4812]

Finally, renaissance music played on piano by a relevant concert pianist since Gould. Beautiful.

[@sangmikang]

I agree. ❤❤❤

[@jinaakim6494]

Totally!

[@seokkyeonghong6094]

이 영상을 영구보존해주세요. Please let us watch this marvelous concert forever.

[@azyekler]

You are already the best pianist in the world to me. It is irreplaceable. Thank you Yunchan.

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

I stopped listening to it because I didn't want to miss it too much when it was taken down... but now I can go back to listening to it ~ thank you Wigmore! 💚

[@eggizgud]

I was doing the opposite. Cramming it in as much as possible towards the end. And I think I wasn't alone. There was a clear spike in views in the fortnight towards the deadline.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

❤ i🇮🇷🖐️🥰💐🧨🎹

[@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094]

​@@eggizgud I'm weird 😅

[@TheRascalHasSpirit]

Just wonderful. As so many here have already eloquently and passionately described his pianistic mastery, I would just like to mention how impressed I am with Yunchan Lim's thoughtful choice of repertoire. These pieces are rarely performed in concert and are probably considered to be more suitable for students by many. But here, they are raised to the highest level in a way only a select few musicians could achieve. It demonstrates that a great pianist does not need the big warhorses to shine. And, in a humbling way, it shows that he knows his place, he knows that there is still room and time to grow.

[@quaver1239]

You are so right, in every respect.

[@user-xg9ow1sl7b]

So true.. Can't agree more.

[@user-kb7wx7yi9d]

Прекрасный комментарий!

[@user-mg2bc7jy3g]

그의 연주는 철학자의 언어같습니다. 음을 다루는 기술이 그렇습니다.

[@eggizgud]

So it appears that another talent of his is his choosing his repertoire... For each stage of the competition, for the recital here, post-award. It says so much about his skills, thoughts and introduces new insights and sounds to his listeners, attracting new fans to classical music too. Here, he knew it's a smaller, intimate hall than the Cliburn's, and he wanted to hear the nuances of quiet pieces. As always, every performance of his is in full consideration of the music. Goosebumps.

[@NN-rn1oz]

Serious, very difficult but not showy repertoire. The result: spectacular.

[@suzy7417]

Can’t agree more

[@cubanm81]

BRAVISIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO......................

[@davidl9781]

I just bought my ticket for Yunchan's Carnegie Hall debut next February. I can hardly wait!!! Something marvelous to look forward to. I believe he is the greatest pianist of our time. There is something very soulful and driven about his playing. It's almost indescribable. Yet, I feel like we're witnessing a legend in the making.

[@ukgrace]

Definitely! Can’t wait to buy tickets for Royal Festival Hall next year that will be great and very much looking forward to it!

[@catherinejones9396]

Please share your experience there with the less fortunate.

[@ukgrace]

@@catherinejones9396 I just wish I could explain beautiful Yunchan Lim’s playing as well as you do!

[@catherinejones9396]

@@ukgrace You can. Listen to what he says and what is said about him then just listen to his recordings thoughtfully, and think about what they are telling you. It's quite easy to write about pure and wonderful music. Yunchan would tell you that that is the most important thing about what he does.

[@ukgrace]

@@catherinejones9396 Thank you, Catherine.

[@soominlee753]

What I most love about his piano is he makes every piece as Living being, it feels like the music becomes ALIVE, MOVING and I can feel the spirit in it who created the piece

[@user-jd8vx5ye2l]

당신의 감상평을 읽고 눈물을 흘리면서 연주를 듣고 있습니다. 정말 그렇습니다.

[@mjsuhcafeliesgen8491]

Let's donate to Wigmore Hall!

[@suzy7417]

With no doubt I did while live streaming. I’m so grateful for Wigmore hall.

[@kimberlykim916]

I did.☺️

[@Wilma_hyunjungkim]

Yes I did😊

[@quaver1239]

Thank you, Yunchin Lim, for this clear, clean and utterly beautiful recital. So young, and you already have a deep appreciation of 16th, 17th and 18th century music. And thank you, Wigmore Hall. Without your generosity, hundreds of thousands of music lovers would not be hearing this splendid concert.

[@hjjeong9735]

Indeed~!!! The generosity of Wigmore Hall made me delighted to contribute. Listening to Yunchan Lim's playing is once in a life time opportunitiy to explore the genuin beauty of art... actually it goes beyond description... but heartbreakingly beautiful...

[@jwilliam2255]

He does quite well with 19th and 20th century compositions, as his triumph at the Cliburn competition demonstrated to all.

[@thierryranger2230]

Oh my god the Bach..... beautiful... best since Gould.

[@catherinejones9396]

Further to my previous comment I find listening to Yunchan is so compelling that I am drawn into the music and stay with him until the last silence because I just can't leave. For me, always a multi-tasker the experience is cathartic!!!! Added to that I found myself at times giggling (e.g. the delayed "oomps" in the left hand of one of variations in Eroica while the "pa pas" were as normal!!) and in a couple of others almost sobbing- they were so beautiful .For anyone reading this, these emotional/physical reactions of dwellers in Yunchan land are classified as Stendahl syndrome. Feel welcome to join us. Felt this performance allowed a lighter, more joyful Beethoven with more light and shade everywhere to emerge. Compare it with Kissin's terrific Eroica vars at Verbier for the somewhat darker more mature version. Keep on keeping on Yunchan, please. You are brilliant with fugue-a real art Yunchan. You might like to consider playing Mendelssohn's wonderful 6 preludes and fugues sometime in the future. I think you could do them justice.

[@reliobunag8504]

added high reliigiosity to classical music

[@user-oz2cj9wd4l]

이 친구 음악을 듣다보면... 가끔 숨 쉬는 것을 잊는다.

[@margaritasturman6904]

Bravo, Yunchan! You are so real, so Musical, so Great! Wish your big success in you Future!

[@catherinejones9396]

The clarity and sensitivity shown in this wonderful recital was incredible. Welcome young maestro. I have rarely experienced another pianist with his patience or with his ability to hit every note in exact time (unless in rubato or anticipation).

[@melodieboone3102]

A gifted musician!

[@binhminh417]

Yunchan Lim is ‘rare artist who brings profound musicality and prodigious technique organically together.’ Thank you all.

[@user-bm4kr1eq5x]

Marin Alsop ^^

[@BTCP-ks8rk]

혼자 연습하고 있었을 당신의 모습에 존경을 사랑을 박수를 보냅니다. 이렇게 편하게 앉아 감상할수 있는 축복을 주어서 감사합니다. 내 모든 것이 치유되었습니다.

[@serio7010]

"Music does not convey emotions, it conveys the essence of emotions, the empty vessels!" That's why i like his music

[@DAVID-kd3qy]

I compose piano pieces, and your comment has made me think what exactly am I doing? Interesting.

[@stuartsohn9996]

What an insightful comment. Great!

[@sk_sn2ro]

I saw an angel😂😂 piano prince, lovely

[@yssong5806]

This repertoire is perfect for Yunchan's humble and honest self-introduction: “I am a student who plays the piano.”

[@eggizgud]

💕

[@catherinejones9396]

It's perfect for a unique pianist of any age and any amount of experience. It is, believe me no sinecure in pianism and way beyond the musicianship of many pianists I have heard..

[@jung7823]

Yunchan Lim is a phenomenon!!!

[@user-klavier]

Damn, now I think I really have to sit down and listen to his playing with all my attentions for long hours. He perfectly knows what's lying under the notes being played. I have never ever listened to any similar playing of "Jesu Joy of Mans' Desiring" like this. Even fear and omnipresence of eternal love are present together, being transformed onto another celestial level. Can't belive that he is only 18 years old.

[@whereangelsfeartotread]

His every note is the portal to a ‘spiritual’ journey, a truly staggering feat only the artists of the highest order can aspire to.

[@renewagemakers6996]

Over the many years I have listened to many pianists, Yungchan is the very best. His playing has me at the edge of my seat, he brings me in the moment where he is. His soul is playing and my soul is deeply touched. Music in its purest form, elevated, almost astral. He is truly a genius and adds a joy to my life. Thank you Yungchan, from the bottom of my heart.

[@user-ms7mi5ft4c]

I can't agree more.

[@user-gr6vu6oy4p]

yungchan(×) yunchan

[@renewagemakers6996]

@@user-gr6vu6oy4p Thank you for the correction!

[@dddhhope9819]

😊😊😊😊❤

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on! Yunchan Lim colorless ice cold piano sound! All the modern pianists ice cold colorless piano sound like=Zimerman Kissin Hamelin Pletnev Yuja Wang Buniatishvili Malofeev Stephen Hough! The best beautiful colorful piano sound players are Really=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying the most important lesson is the Love of the beautiful colorful piano sound! We need more teachers like Anastasia Virsaladze! And this was in 1930s! Really shocking!!

[@user-jm2dd9cz9o]

From even silence and emptiness and formlessness Yunchan Lim creates beautiful and full of sound and motion . Oh, It's blessing and joy.

[@a_peach_2186]

It is a great gift to the audience to learn the power of music through Yunchan Lim’s performance.

[@mk.__.]

OMG.. Im glad this video is still alive. 😭 Everyone was surprised.

[@user-mu8nf3og8v]

Thank God for giving your player to mankind!

[@jays3012]

Music got their true lives again thanks to Yunchan. Always when I listen to Yunchan's playing, I realize something deep inside me has a resonance with it. I really appreciate your performances