The Korea Times
“He looks like a teenager, but plays like a master from the 1980s.” “He has such an innocent face, but when he plays, he becomes a completely different person.” “It was amazing — like a birthday gift.” On April 24 at Carnegie Hall in New York, the crowd lingered well into the night after the performance, animatedly sharing their impressions. This was the scene following pianist Yunchan Lim’s third Carnegie Hall recital, held a year after he left a powerful impression with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. That evening, Lim performed Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major (D.850) along with Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3, and 4. Rather than choosing popular repertoire, he filled the program with works demanding deep interpretation and intense concentration. Lim explained that he wanted to “create something that endures the passage of time and remains in memory for a long time,” adding that he chose Schubert and Scriabin because they are composers he has long loved. In the first half, the Schubert piece clearly showed what kind of musician Lim is b
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