Gold Medal Winning Performances by 24/25 Season Pianists
Yunchan Lim wins first prize at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
As the exciting 2024 Olympic Games begin in Paris, we revisit the spectacular international competition-winning performances by 24/25 season guest artists Seong-Jin Cho and Yunchan Lim — both of which have garnered millions of views online!
Seong-Jin Cho
South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho rose to fame within the global classical music world in 2015, after winning the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition and becoming the first pianist from his country to do so. Enjoy his performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, from the final stage of the competition:
Cho will make his UMS debut in February 2025, in a marathon program of the complete solo piano works of Maurice Ravel, a celebration of the composer’s 150th birthday.
Yunchan Lim
In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest person ever to win gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Watch his unforgettable final-round performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor:
Last season, Lim made his UMS debut in a sold-out performance with the Orchestre de Paris. He will return to Hill Auditorium in April 2025 in a recital program featuring J.S. Bach’s masterful Goldberg Variations.
