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First Night of the Proms review – 250th anniversary of US independence takes centre stage

From Copland to Gershwin and a new Emily Dickinson-based commission it was America’s evening – but with a surprise Mancunian encore

The Guardian - UK

The Goldberg Variations album review – Yunchan Lim untangles Bach’s complex web of threads

The 21-year-old pianist gives a fine, muscular account of the Goldbergs, with touches of playfulness, in this live recording from Carnegie Hall

The Guardian - UK

From shiveringly vivid Mahler to the eclectic Hermes Experiment: our top classical recordings of 2025

Opera may be conspicuous by its absence, but the brilliance of Berlin Philharmonic’s Schoenberg and the exceptional South Korean Yunchan Lim gave us plenty to sink our teeth into this year

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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons album review – exemplary playing but Yunchan Lim’s take is strangely sombre

(Decca)The young Korean gives these 12 miniatures more gravitas than most pianists

The Guardian - UK

Lim/CBSO/Yamada review – wonderful Rachmaninov and a swirling Sinfonia

Young Korean Yunchan Lim naturally conjured a willing audience into silence with his commanding range after an alarm disrupted the popular pianist’s Prom

The Guardian - UK

Keys to success: the 2025 Van Cliburn piano competition, the instrument’s Olympics

One of the world’s most prestigious and intensive musical competitions took over downtown Fort Worth these past few weeks. Will its winner prove to be another Yunchan Lim-style sensation?

The Guardian - UK

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 album review – hear the performance that made Yunchan Lim a star

The prodigious South Korean talent won 2022’s Van Cliburn piano competition with this performance; his version deserves a place alongside Argerich and Rachmaninov himself

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The week in classical: Peter Grimes; Parsifal; Yunchan Lim – review

Depleted yet straining every sinew, Welsh National Opera deliver a formidable new Peter Grimes. Elsewhere, down the aisle with Wagner and fearless Bach from the world’s next great pianist

The Guardian - UK

Yunchan Lim review – young pianist’s Bach dazzles and intrigues

In the Korean musician’s first UK performance of the Goldberg Variations his playing felt simultaneously spontaneous and impeccably thought throug

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Le Piano Symphonique festival review – high drama with Argerich and friends

Evgeny Kissin, Beatrice Rana, Yunchan Lim and more dazzled at this flourishing young festival, but the week belonged to the great Martha Argerich

The Guardian - UK

From exquisite Elgar to razor-sharp Cage: our classical recordings of the year

A piano prodigy burst onto the scene, studio opera recordings were few and far between – and the year’s most rewarding discs were the ones that ventured beyond the mainstream

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Prom 14: BBCSO/Järvi/Yunchan Lim review – star pianist brings subtlety and brilliance to Beethoven

The BBC Symphony Orchestra struggled at times to match the exuberance of the young Korean, making his proms debut with the Emperor Piano concerto

The Guardian - UK

BBC Prom 14 at the Royal Albert Hall: Beethoven, Bruckner and Tüür review – dynamic and playful

Soloist Yunchan Lim brought the swing to this captivating blend of orchestra and piano

Evening Standard

Is this 20-year-old the greatest pianist of our times? Yunchan Lim, the Korean about to electrify the Proms

His dazzling playing brought a conductor to tears and sent him viral – and he’s still being looked after by his mum. As he prepares to make his Proms debut, we meet the ‘unbelievable talent’

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On my radar: Claire Messud’s cultural highlights

The novelist on the continuing relevance of Ibsen, the joyful quilt art of Faith Ringgold and where to find British scotch eggs in New York

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Yunchan Lim: Chopin: Études Op 10 & Op 25 album review – prodigiously gifted young pianist confirms he’s something special

The South Korean musician’s first recording for Decca features thrilling and original performances

Chicago Sun-Times

A CSO ‘Concert for Chicago,’ the Ravinia Festival, and Grant Park Music Festival among summer’s classical music highlights

Female conductors will take to the podiums at both Ravinia and Grant Park.

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Yunchan Lim review – piano prodigy puts his brilliance on full display

The Korean teenager dazzled with Byrd and Bach but his raging Beethoven showed he could still reach further, subtler heights

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Yunchan Lim at the Wigmore Hall review: this 18 year-old could be the Lang Lang of his generation

We’re at the start of something special, and the audience knew it

Chicago Sun-Times

Fall classical music guide 2022: Collaborative Works Festival showcases Chicago composers, poets

Riccardo Muti’s last season as music director of the CSO, and Lyric Opera’s “Don Carlo” are also among the highlights of the season.

The Independent UK

Pianist, 18, from South Korea wins Van Cliburn competition

An 18-year-old from South Korea has won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the top showcases for the world’s best pianists

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