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.
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!
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
@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.
@@vvvv-n5t 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.
연주의 훌륭함을 논하기 전에 청중을 집중하게 만드는 힘이 어마어마하다. 듣고 있으면 아니 보고 있으면 그의 연주는 손만이 아니라 온몸에서 뿜어져 나오는 것 같아 연주자만큼이나 청중도 초집중하게 되니 시간이 어떻게 가는지 모르게 된다. 그야말로 그가 이끄는 음악의 세계로 빠져드는 것이다. 클래식과 팝의 차이는 단 하나. 클래식은 긴 연주시간을 가진 음악이다. 참을 수 없을 만치 긴 ~ 시간을 참고 견딜 수 있게 해 주는 아니 잊게 해 주는 마법의 연주자만이 클래식의 세계로 청중을 인도할 수 있으니, 그런 연주자가 나타났다. 그의 이름은 임윤찬이다.
No sé quantes vegades l’he sentit ja… Em moro de ganes de sentir-li tocar el “well tempered klavier” I i II. Les sinfonies de Bach m’han enamorat. Et fa emocionar en cada nota…Bravo per ell i gràcies per les bones estones que ens fas passar.
마침내 드디어 반클 이후에 반드시 들어야 할 역사적 연주를 문득 선물로 받아든 느낌입니다. 인류를 위해 기록으로 남겨준 주최측에 감사드립니다. 이 천재의 젊은 시절을 우리가 다같이 바라보며 이 미디어의 시대에 가장 빛나는 별임을 증명하고 있습니다. 그의 진실하고 꾸밈 없는 음악성만으로 충분하다는 걸 ᆢ 아니 그렇게 완전한 원형, 어떤 모티베이션을 만들기 위해 수없이 조각하고 부수고 다듬었을 기교를 다시 평탄하게 만들고, 결국 자신만의 정확하지만 독창적인 생명력으로 재탄생시킨 그 가늠할 수 없는 노력들... 그걸 청중들이 기가막히게 알아듣습니다. 이게 가능합니까? 네 여기 임윤찬이 그걸 보여줍니다. 이게 그의 천재성입니다. 청중의 마음을 사로잡는 영혼의 울림.
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?
I believe this is the performance that proved to some of the toughest and serious music critics - who had been wondering if the whole post major-competition noise was yet another hype - that Yunchan is the real deal. He won them over. How could he not…😊
Google translation: At such a young age, I can't believe that he can play such a tranquil, flowing, noble, and aesthetically pleasing performance... wow, what a great talent... A series of quietly flying sounds... Right now, at this moment... the world is at peace... How glorious your existence is... I just want to thank you for your existence...
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
윤찬님의 요청으로 위그모어홀 영상이 안내려진답니다.감동입니다.고마워요 윤찬님 ✨✨✨✨😂😂LOVE YUNCHAN LOVE WIGMOREHALL 윤찬님 음악 들으며 많은 사람들이 위로받고 있어요.음악의 아름다움을 일깨워준 피아니스트 윤찬님 빠른 쾌유를 기원합니다. 건강하게 다시 만날날을 기대하며😍😍
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.
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.
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.
South Korea, thank you for your humble, civilized, polite Yunchan Lim, pianist, winner. His beautiful behavior is a lesson for us Westerners. 🌷🌷🌷 (The Netherlands)
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.
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
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!
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 !!
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.
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 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.
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!
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! 🙇♂🙇♂🙇♂
악보를 완벽히 재현하는 것은 AI도 할수 있는 영역입니다. 임윤찬은 악보의 음표와 박자와 세기를 연주하는 것이 아닌 음표와 박자사이의 빈공간을 연주하고 있습니다. 공간을 채우고 당기며 끄는 19-20세기 Romantic Pianist의 연주기법을 현대적으로 완벽하고 반박못할 독특한 해석으로 계승하고있습니다. 그것은 오직 천재들의 영역이라는 느낌으로 Lipatti와 Gould가 동시에 같이 연주하는 혼란을 줍니다.
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 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
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.
@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094Yunchan is extraordinary but before saying those words about Lang Lang which is also a great pianist you should know the story behind him.
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.
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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Those hands are double orchestras--dual operatic productions even. He has such precise dynamic control of each note and a well-developed sense of pacing. The contrast he brings out between the two hands and even in a single phrase in one hand keeps the music fresh, intriguing, and extremely compelling. His fortes are loud, but not overwhelming. His pianos are soft and delicate and his mezzo pianos and mezzo fortes are very well placed and clear as crystal. His choices of passagework with and without pedal, with staccato or legato, with crescendo, diminuendo, or at a steady volume are also all highly refreshing and mesmerizingly beautiful. All the aesthetic nuances were most tasteful, most artfully done, and such a pleasure for me to listen to. He creates such a unique audio landscape with each piece. What wonderful storytelling! Added to that, he is neither showy nor bombastic and lets the music be the centerpiece of your attention--what excellent playing. Sometimes I wish I could've heard some of the greats play--Chopin, Liszt, Schumann (Clara), Alkan, Mendelssohn (Felix and Fanny), Cramer, Field, etc. Today, I am a little less envious of those who could. For in our generation, a true virtuoso has arrived, and his name is Yunchan Lim.
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.
"Hats off, here is a genius!!" Yunchan is only 18 but plays like a 70 year old master pianist. He may have the potential to surpass virtuoso Uchida , who won second prize in Chopin competition in 1970. Hope that he does better than Ivo Pogorelich and Sultanov. He may soon be inducted to be one of the great pianists in the 21st century. Thank you so much Yunchan and Wigmore Hall. He may be a legendary artist in the making. Thank God.
@@Paroles_et_Musique Yunchan’s playing is much closer to the composers intentions and 19th century performance practice than any of the above pianists. Not saying they’re bad, but Yunchan was lucky to have his teacher whom taught him the 19th century performance practice along with how to have a good balance and achieve quiet dynamics on modern pianos. Along with a good understanding of rhythm and rubato it’s no wonder why Yunchan has already captured the hearts of people much quicker than Zimmerman or the others did.
@@TheLifeisgood72 Ummm, no. How you know how artists performed in the 19th century? There are no recordings but only individual reviews, written by enthusiasts so the objectivity is not at full. How his teacher taught him 19th century performances and what that ever means? In Korea nobody practiced classical music until 1950 or so. What is "achieve quiet dynamics on modern pianos"? That phrase doesn't make any sense, it means nothing. What is "understanding of rhythm and rubato"? Rhythm is scientifically accessible, as for rubato, there is no known rule, it boils down to each one experience and sensitivity. There are no two pianists with same rubato. Yuchan Lim captured the heart of people because we have x1000 more media exposure than in the times of Zimmerman or Sokolov. As for reaching their level, he has still a very long way to go. He is exceptional for his age, sure, but what was his career, 6 months and 15 musical works played, then you compare this tiny journey with god-level musicians after one life of performing and say "he surpassed them"? Come on, you are smarter than that.
@@Paroles_et_Musique I’ve studied Grieg’s and Saint-Saens’ old recordings and you can extrapolate a lot about their approach to rhythm and dynamics. They are good representations of the schools they attended, matching written accounts, so we cannot say we have no idea what the 19th century composers wanted. You can figure out the rubato and dynamics of notes somewhat by studying voice leading and the harmony. This is all stuff written in old sources. Yunchan is definitely aware of all of this and tbh I’m not sure that those old pianists from the 60’s and 70’s were based on their playing which is rather idiosyncratic at times especially with lesser known opus’s. If you think of dynamics in terms of MIDI’s 0-127, then most modern pianos struggle to produce dynamics below levels 40-50 with ease. They have heavier hammers and farther key travel time. Most modern pianists play quite loud in contrast to 19th century pianists, and it does not sound good for this music all the time. Yunchan is capable of being very quiet, it’s clear he puts a lot of focus into playing quietly. It shows his understanding of the music and what it requires to be beautiful whilst having the technique to work within the limitations of modern pianos.
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.
This whole performance is nothing but an adamant confession of love for music, a solemn vow. This's a prayer. Such divine and humane solidity are combined in one pianist with formidable technique and unfathomable musicality, which is unprecedented. My eyes got teary when he was sining Liebestraum. It's Amen. Literally and Musically.
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!!!
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)
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.
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.
희한하죠? 임윤찬 님의 연주에는 영혼의 빈 곳을 따뜻하게 채워주는 뭔가가 있어요. 거기엔 지루함이나 어려움은 없고, 거친 삶속에서 "잠깐 들어와 쉬세요"라고 하는 것 같아요. 이토록 아름다운 곡들을 들으면서도 "거장이니 아니니, 개인적 취향의 잣대로 왜 평하는지" 알고 싶지 않으나, 임윤찬님은 그가 하는 최선의 일을 최고로 노력하기에 그것이 통하는 모든 이들에겐 그는 정말 소중하며, 그가 들려주는 음악 이야기들을 한없이 듣고 싶어지고, 수없이 들을수록 행복해 집니다. "오직 음악 만을..."이것이 더 맘이 아프지만, 그래서 아름답고, 숭고하네요. 그냥 그를 그대로 지켜만 봐 주시고, 들려주는 음악에 잠잠히 뒤에 앉으신 노인분들처럼 들어주셨으면 하네요. 조급한 평가는 나중에..
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.
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!!
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☺
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!
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.
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.
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.
바흐의 신포니아가, 베토벤의 바가텔이 우리마음을 열고 들어온다. 바흐의 노래가 들리고, 그 노래를 흥얼거리게 한다. 베토벤의 바가텔을 들으면 발걸음이 저절로 춤을 추게된다. 이런 연주자를 지금껏 보지 못했다. 음악에 눈뜨게 해준 임윤찬피아니스트, 동시대를 살게되어 행운이다.
Is not like I can name all the great pianists of the last decade. I don't have much of a point of reference but as a piano student let me tell you, I have fallen for Bach with this man better than with any of my teachers. I think I get it know. Thanks Yunchan
SSAhmes. The reason you can’t name any noteworthy pianists during the last few decades is that there haven’t been any really outstanding ones. There are only some keyboard technicians but not any true artists until now. There have been no Schnabels Cortots, Lipattis, Gilels or Michelangelis. The nearest one to those was Horowitz but no-one else gets anywhere close.
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!
Yunchan Lim is composer's assistant, friend n instrument! He's playing makes a sound of nature. I wish he could be live Yunchan Lim's own undestroyable world.
이른 나이에 거장의 반열에 오른 한 마에스트로의 연주를 봅니다. 옛 시대 천재음악가들의 너무나 아름답고 귀한 노래. 그리고 거.장.의. 반.열.에.오.른.. 짧은 여덟 글자로 표현되는 이 말이 얼마나 큰 노력의 또 노력, 희귀한 재능, 작지만 수많은 우연같지만 필연이였을지도 모른 행운들의 복합적인 조합이 이뤄낸 지금의 결과물인지. 명성을 익히 들어 알지만 평생 입장해 볼까 말까한 내게는 너무 먼 영국의 위그모어 홀에서의 연주를 이렇게 편안하게, 마침내 위대한 거장으로 탄생한 임윤찬 피아니스트의 연주로, 그가 빚어낸 명곡의 선율을 듣는 이 찰나가 매혹적이게 신비스럽습니다.💕
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👏
I was lucky enough to attend this concert in person. Having listened to classical music pretty much my entire life, I have never listened to anyone play music that touched my soul so deeply, and this includes the masters of the past. During the performance I was completely at the mercy of his music, my heart felt so full and I had tears in my eyes. To this day I still can’t put my finger on exactly what makes me feel this way, only that whenever I listen to him I know that I’m beholding the art of a true genius and gift to this world. He is on a completely different level and his music transcends space and time. Luckily bumped into Yunchan and team after the concert, aside from this god given talent, he is also one of the most modest, kind, selfless and bashful people I have ever met!
I’m completely with you in your observations. I have no idea of why, but the moment his fingers touch the keys 🎹 I have goosebumps and tears flow. It did happened the first time I heard him at the Cliburn and ever since. What a gift to humanity. He is an ARTIST!
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.
To wax lyrical over the timeless beauty of it all would defeat the purpose of Music itself, which in the hands of Yunchan Lim realises itself as the voice of the sublime. How he serves the art that defines him, and with such a humble heart. Yunchan, God bless you!
If Mozart and Liszt produced an offspring and he was taught by Horowitz, it might be Yunchan. For people marveling at his maturity and breadth of music knowledge, I encourage you to look up JJAT duo. In particular their 2 piano arrangement of Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals. With his individual and chamber music endeavors Yunchan is certainly the future of classical music.
@@오용석-k6u I am! :) As well as Yunchan's Japanese doppelgänger, Masaya Kamei, winner of the 2022 Long-Thibaud competition and semi-finalist in the Cliburn. So many promising young pianists to watch!
Yunchan's "Lievestraum" performance contains passion for love, and at the same time, it perfectly expresses regret and recollection of the unfulfilled love. So this performance made me doubt whether the feelings of love I knew were real, and at the same time, it made a big impression. Yunchan is the blessing of heaven.
👍 It's almost the same..... Space Treasure & Genius was born on a happy day on Mar. 20, 2004. There is no doubt that he will still bring us beautiful and deep music in 2035. Glory times are happy. We were lucky. 🥹💛
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.
Said it before..IMHO, the only comparison to Yunchan Lim is when Tiger Woods first debuted. Yunchan just dominates every performance, while the few but older naysayers complain about his lack of experience, or is too emotional, etc. Yunchan is a once in generation pianist and like what Tiger did for golf, Yunchan will attract more fond interest in the Classical music genre. Also, he's not the next Lang Lang or Danil or even Horowitz...he's Yunchan Lim.
He is a genius who appears once every 100 years.
Agreed. We all are blessed to witness this once in a century genius.
Agreed. He just a genious. He just in the different level
Indeed.
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.
You guys commenting are a bunch of sycophants who can't or don't play piano.
윤찬아.. 할미 또 들으러왔다.. 어떻게 이렇게 소리가 또랑또랑 이쁘냐... 야무진 음색 뒤에 자리하고 있을 무수한 연습과 고뇌의 시간들... 고맙다
'좋아요'를 한 개만 누를 수밖에 없다는 사실이 슬프다.
하늘의 별만큼은 아니어도, 적어도 오늘 임윤찬이 연주한 음표의 숫자만큼은 누르고 싶다.
오 맞아맞아요 ㅋㅋㅋ 왕공감
좋아요가 한번 뿐이라니 ㅠ
👍👍👍👍
오 적절한표현입니다.🎉
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!
현존하는피아니스트 중에 가장 사랑함
저두요❤❤❤❤
ME TOO❤
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
@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.
Thank you, dear Catherine!
@@Ariadne-cg4cq If you mean the BBC PROMS, doesn't Yunchan play in a concerto, not a recital?😯😯
@@vvvv-n5t 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.
@@vvvv-n5t Yes he played the Beethoven 5th every note clear and enticing. Sorry.
연주의 훌륭함을 논하기 전에
청중을 집중하게 만드는 힘이
어마어마하다.
듣고 있으면
아니 보고 있으면
그의 연주는
손만이 아니라
온몸에서 뿜어져 나오는 것 같아
연주자만큼이나
청중도 초집중하게 되니
시간이 어떻게 가는지 모르게 된다.
그야말로 그가 이끄는
음악의 세계로 빠져드는 것이다.
클래식과 팝의 차이는 단 하나.
클래식은 긴 연주시간을 가진 음악이다.
참을 수 없을 만치 긴 ~ 시간을
참고 견딜 수 있게 해 주는
아니 잊게 해 주는
마법의 연주자만이
클래식의 세계로
청중을 인도할 수 있으니,
그런 연주자가 나타났다.
그의 이름은 임윤찬이다.
온몸에서 뿜어져 나온다는
말씀 공감해요
임은 앵콜곡이 임팩트해서 작년에 잊지 않으려고 애썼던 기억이..연주 끝나가는 게 예상되니까 아쉬워서 더 숨죽이고 듣게됨 이건 영상인데도 같은느낌 위그모어홀에서 들으신 분은 어땠을까
맞습니다.
그 자신을 온전히 음악에 푹 빠져있는데,
그러라고 하지 않았음에도
덩달아 청중도 그의 음악에 푹 같이 침참하게 되는 그 마력!
위대한 한국인!!!
깊이 공감 백배
No sé quantes vegades l’he sentit ja… Em moro de ganes de sentir-li tocar el “well tempered klavier” I i II. Les sinfonies de Bach m’han enamorat. Et fa emocionar en cada nota…Bravo per ell i gràcies per les bones estones que ens fas passar.
마침내 드디어 반클 이후에 반드시 들어야 할 역사적 연주를 문득 선물로 받아든 느낌입니다. 인류를 위해 기록으로 남겨준 주최측에 감사드립니다. 이 천재의 젊은 시절을 우리가 다같이 바라보며 이 미디어의 시대에 가장 빛나는 별임을 증명하고 있습니다. 그의 진실하고 꾸밈 없는 음악성만으로 충분하다는 걸 ᆢ 아니 그렇게 완전한 원형, 어떤 모티베이션을 만들기 위해 수없이 조각하고 부수고 다듬었을 기교를 다시 평탄하게 만들고, 결국 자신만의 정확하지만 독창적인 생명력으로 재탄생시킨 그 가늠할 수 없는 노력들... 그걸 청중들이 기가막히게 알아듣습니다. 이게 가능합니까? 네 여기 임윤찬이 그걸 보여줍니다. 이게 그의 천재성입니다. 청중의 마음을 사로잡는 영혼의 울림.
청중들이 기가 막히게 알아듣는다는 표현에 박수를 보냅니다.
저처럼 악보도 제대로 못보는 사람도 듣는 귀는 기가 막히거든요. ㅎㅎㅎ
유학을 가지않았어도 유학을 간 사람들보다도 훨씬 훌륭하게 해낸것이 정말 자랑스럽습니다.
동감합니다. 그게 음악의 힘인 거 같아요.ㅎ
독창적인 생명력으로 재탄생 시킨 가늠할 수 없는 인고의 노력 끊임없이 음악을 사랑하고 노력한 산물이네요 그래서 마음을 울리나봅니다
영원히 남겨주는 건 아니고 4월 언제까지 한정적으로 공개하는 거래요....
영원히 남겨줬으면 좋겠어요 아니면 블루레이 ㅅㅊㅅㅊ
I return once more and must ask: "Have we just witnessed a verifiable MIRACLE in our midst?"
I am at a loss for words.
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?
Yes I did notice. Everything about him is beautiful! 😊
We all know I guess as long as we have eyes to appreciate them. Actually what is not beautiful about him?
Absolutely we all already knew the sublime beauty of his hands. 😂
Small hands
Yes, and that's why he's so handsome too 😉
I believe this is the performance that proved to some of the toughest and serious music critics - who had been wondering if the whole post major-competition noise was yet another hype - that Yunchan is the real deal. He won them over. How could he not…😊
이 친구 음악을 듣다보면...
가끔 숨 쉬는 것을 잊는다.
저도요..숨쉬는걸 잊게된다는 말이 딱이에요..숨멎
Yunchan's left hand is a blessing.
So is his right hand
So is his brain
So is his hair
😂😍❤️
나는 엄청난 연습의 결과인 윤찬의 왼손 타건과, 영롱한 멜러디와 그의 레가토를 사랑합니다.
この若さで、ここまで静謐で、流麗で、高貴で、耽美な演奏が出来るなんて…
あぁ、素晴らしい才能よ…
静かに飛翔する音の連なりよ…
今、この瞬間…世界は平穏なのですね…
あなたの存在のなんて輝かしいこと…
ただただ、あなたの存在に感謝です…
Google translation: At such a young age, I can't believe that he can play such a tranquil, flowing, noble, and aesthetically pleasing performance...
wow, what a great talent...
A series of quietly flying sounds...
Right now, at this moment... the world is at peace...
How glorious your existence is...
I just want to thank you for your existence...
아름다운 댓글 입니다.
詩みたいな 綺麗な 日本語！
God bless you.
Thanks to Yunchan Lim's performance, I came to understand Beethoven's humor properly.
So do I
can't agree more
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
윤찬님의 요청으로 위그모어홀 영상이 안내려진답니다.감동입니다.고마워요 윤찬님 ✨✨✨✨😂😂LOVE YUNCHAN LOVE WIGMOREHALL
윤찬님 음악 들으며 많은 사람들이 위로받고 있어요.음악의 아름다움을 일깨워준 피아니스트 윤찬님 빠른 쾌유를 기원합니다. 건강하게 다시 만날날을 기대하며😍😍
그렇습니까? 윤찬림... 그는 언제나 새로운 길을 열어주는군요. 임윤찬과 함께 음악에 경배합시다. ❤
@@haneelee4255 네^^아픈 와중에도 세심하기도 하여라.고맙고 미안하네요ㅠ 언제나 새로운 길을 열어주네요👏👏✨✨
사랑스런 윤찬군! 순결한 영혼이 만들어 내는 지고지순한 아름다움--그래서 자꾸 듣고, 또 눈물이 흐릅니다.
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.
I was moved by your comment.
true, young man, old soul :)
heart speaks to heart ~~~ very grateful to your sharing
Truly inspiring comment
Climb every mountain to give penetrating encouragement and consolation
Climb every mountain -my favorite song! Your comment is beautiful
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.
☆You must be beautiful person♡
I can feel the sincerity in your words,like a confession of faith...
Couldn’t agree with you more!!!❤️🎹
Completely agree with this from my heart
Yes!!! We are all blessed with his celestial music. Hopefully his music could change the world more beautiful.
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.
시간은 무엇인가요
흐르는 것이지만
흐르지 않는 것이기도 합니다.
여기 위그모어홀에서의 임윤찬은 너무도 아름답습니다.
이 아름다운 청년은 영원히 늙지 않는 모습으로 이곳에 남아있을 겁니다.
오늘따라 더 소리가 좋습니다💕
South Korea, thank you for your humble, civilized, polite Yunchan Lim, pianist, winner. His beautiful behavior is a lesson for us Westerners. 🌷🌷🌷 (The Netherlands)
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.
Couldn’t agree more
I'm in my 80s and agree with you entirely.
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
I do appreciate Yunchan Lim's (and Inmo Yang's) well-placed restraint and smooth warmth and lyricality in his playing
He is probably not the only pianist his age. I, for instance, am but 5 days older.
그의 음악은 나를 돌아보게하는 방향성의 힘이 있다. 그리고 인생의 고귀함을 들려준다.
The best no-coughing audience I ever heard!
It's really sad coz I could give you just one lke.
@@vankirby1762 Still, thanks for the just one
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@@Miles_Link Thank you Miles for your tears
얼마전 프랑스 연주회 정말 기침소리 장난 아니었어요 어느 댓글에 병원에 위문공연인줄 착각했다고 우리 윤찬님 짠하고 방해받았을것같은 느낌 기침소리 너무 심해서
I've heard these a thousand times, yet for the first time today.
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!
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 !!
He is just in a world a part. What a gift he is!
@@NellaFantasia-xq1wh I could only imagine his popularity in Korea! Hope you watch him live soon. His live performance is literally breathtaking.
@@celesteaida48 He truly is!
@@NellaFantasia-xq1wh I'm in nyc and his may concert is already sold out 😢
Yunchan is deeply profound young soul and has nothing to do with old! He is the Genius!
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.
I just got tix for his Goldberg variations at Carnegie Hall next year!! I hope you can make it there too!
@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094I hope to go too! but I cannot find any individual tickets….😢
이 영상을 영구보존해주세요.
Please let us watch this marvelous concert forever.
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.
Definitely! Can’t wait to buy tickets for Royal Festival Hall next year that will be great and very much looking forward to it!
Please share your experience there with the less fortunate.
@@catherinejones9396 I just wish I could explain beautiful Yunchan Lim’s playing as well as you do!
@@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.
@@catherinejones9396 Thank you, Catherine.
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!
Gould did. A very GG program which for me is lovely to hear.
Yes , but his rendition makes music so beautiful.
That's exactly what I love about him!
Yunchan follows Gould who he has respected to
@@이평화-d9c yes. Yunchan had a RUclips account and has made comments on some videos. It's interesting to get an idea of what has influenced him.
혼자 연습하고 있었을 당신의 모습에 존경을 사랑을 박수를 보냅니다.
이렇게 편하게 앉아 감상할수 있는 축복을 주어서 감사합니다.
내 모든 것이 치유되었습니다.
Unselfishness, purity, and nobility. He reminds me of at some point a highest priest or defender in music if it exists.
L nO
He’s the Generation Z’s answer to Evgeny Kissin!
Bravissimo!
Wow… great compliment ever.
He is God's gift to mankind.
He truly is.
Yunchan Lim is a rare pianist who plays the characteristics of each era from the Renaissance to the Romantic period
This performance proves what his teacher Prof Sohn Minsoo said, ”If there’s anyone was born to do music, it would be Yunchan Lim“
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! 🙇♂🙇♂🙇♂
Oh my god the Bach..... beautiful... best since Gould.
His Eroica made me cry for joy.
Truly, this young pianist is blessing for the humanity.
Right
악보를 완벽히 재현하는 것은 AI도 할수 있는 영역입니다. 임윤찬은 악보의 음표와 박자와 세기를 연주하는 것이 아닌 음표와 박자사이의 빈공간을 연주하고 있습니다. 공간을 채우고 당기며 끄는 19-20세기 Romantic Pianist의 연주기법을 현대적으로 완벽하고 반박못할 독특한 해석으로 계승하고있습니다.
그것은 오직 천재들의 영역이라는 느낌으로 Lipatti와 Gould가 동시에 같이 연주하는 혼란을 줍니다.
설명 감사합니다
많이 궁금했습니다
다른 느낌은 있는데 전문 영역이라 뭐라 표현하기에 그랬어요 👍
Lipatti와 Gould가 동시에 같이 연주한다.
감사합니다..특별한 느낌이 이런 이웠군요.❤
윤찬 만의 특별하고 신비한 ”빈공간의 연주”강하게 공감합니다.
😅q1,😂 1:07:54. 1:07:55 🎉🎉😂f
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
Absolutely beyond Lang Lang.. 100000% agreed!! I can't even bear to listen to Lang Lang due to his overbearing shallow showmanship
@@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
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.
@@animalsarebeautifulpeople3094Yunchan is extraordinary but before saying those words about Lang Lang which is also a great pianist you should know the story behind him.
Yunchan is my favorite pianist and I can watch his playing all day! Let’s not disparaging other artists though. Each has own beauty.❤
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.
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
YES to ‘don’t ever change’.
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...
What would intellectual musicians like Leslie Howard, Stephen Hough, Nigel Simeone, Alan Walker (...) think of this?
what you wrote here is truly beautiful and thoughtful as well
The most amazing thing is that his play sounds attractive even to the normal listener who are not aware of piano.
Agree~
Agree
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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.
@@jacobschiller4486 what are you saying about? you intended to say it is not that much excellent?
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.
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I"m glad you did it. Enjoying Dowland and Yunchan Lim
Thank you! I really appreciate it! It is a joy to watch this recital again and again.
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.
WoW !!!!! Envy you !!
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.
Those hands are double orchestras--dual operatic productions even. He has such precise dynamic control of each note and a well-developed sense of pacing. The contrast he brings out between the two hands and even in a single phrase in one hand keeps the music fresh, intriguing, and extremely compelling. His fortes are loud, but not overwhelming. His pianos are soft and delicate and his mezzo pianos and mezzo fortes are very well placed and clear as crystal. His choices of passagework with and without pedal, with staccato or legato, with crescendo, diminuendo, or at a steady volume are also all highly refreshing and mesmerizingly beautiful. All the aesthetic nuances were most tasteful, most artfully done, and such a pleasure for me to listen to. He creates such a unique audio landscape with each piece. What wonderful storytelling! Added to that, he is neither showy nor bombastic and lets the music be the centerpiece of your attention--what excellent playing. Sometimes I wish I could've heard some of the greats play--Chopin, Liszt, Schumann (Clara), Alkan, Mendelssohn (Felix and Fanny), Cramer, Field, etc. Today, I am a little less envious of those who could. For in our generation, a true virtuoso has arrived, and his name is Yunchan Lim.
So do I, IAW
All your comments are on point👏👏👏👏👏
Perfectly expressed!! 💯👏👏👏👏👏💚💙💜
Excellent observation. This is one of the best review I've read.
Wow. who are you?
The second of the sinfonias has never sounded so lovely, he is a completely natural master of any music he plays.
What a sublime gift this young man is to all music lovers!
Interpreting the music through the universe of his unique perception ! Truly an angel reaching through time and space NOW ±
Finally, renaissance music played on piano by a relevant concert pianist since Gould. Beautiful.
I agree. ❤❤❤
Totally!
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.
So impressive that someone so young plays with such a mature level of sensitivity.
He is an old soul!
So refreshing Bagatelles
"Hats off, here is a genius!!" Yunchan is only 18 but plays like a 70 year old master pianist. He may have the potential to surpass virtuoso Uchida , who won second prize in Chopin competition in 1970. Hope that he does better than Ivo Pogorelich and Sultanov. He may soon be inducted to be one of the great pianists in the 21st century. Thank you so much Yunchan and Wigmore Hall. He may be a legendary artist in the making. Thank God.
He’s already surpassed those folks by a lot.
@@TheLifeisgood72 lol guys, you don't have a clue what you talking about.
@@Paroles_et_Musique Yunchan’s playing is much closer to the composers intentions and 19th century performance practice than any of the above pianists. Not saying they’re bad, but Yunchan was lucky to have his teacher whom taught him the 19th century performance practice along with how to have a good balance and achieve quiet dynamics on modern pianos. Along with a good understanding of rhythm and rubato it’s no wonder why Yunchan has already captured the hearts of people much quicker than Zimmerman or the others did.
@@TheLifeisgood72 Ummm, no.
How you know how artists performed in the 19th century? There are no recordings but only individual reviews, written by enthusiasts so the objectivity is not at full.
How his teacher taught him 19th century performances and what that ever means? In Korea nobody practiced classical music until 1950 or so.
What is "achieve quiet dynamics on modern pianos"? That phrase doesn't make any sense, it means nothing.
What is "understanding of rhythm and rubato"? Rhythm is scientifically accessible, as for rubato, there is no known rule, it boils down to each one experience and sensitivity. There are no two pianists with same rubato.
Yuchan Lim captured the heart of people because we have x1000 more media exposure than in the times of Zimmerman or Sokolov. As for reaching their level, he has still a very long way to go. He is exceptional for his age, sure, but what was his career, 6 months and 15 musical works played, then you compare this tiny journey with god-level musicians after one life of performing and say "he surpassed them"? Come on, you are smarter than that.
@@Paroles_et_Musique I’ve studied Grieg’s and Saint-Saens’ old recordings and you can extrapolate a lot about their approach to rhythm and dynamics. They are good representations of the schools they attended, matching written accounts, so we cannot say we have no idea what the 19th century composers wanted. You can figure out the rubato and dynamics of notes somewhat by studying voice leading and the harmony. This is all stuff written in old sources. Yunchan is definitely aware of all of this and tbh I’m not sure that those old pianists from the 60’s and 70’s were based on their playing which is rather idiosyncratic at times especially with lesser known opus’s.
If you think of dynamics in terms of MIDI’s 0-127, then most modern pianos struggle to produce dynamics below levels 40-50 with ease. They have heavier hammers and farther key travel time. Most modern pianists play quite loud in contrast to 19th century pianists, and it does not sound good for this music all the time. Yunchan is capable of being very quiet, it’s clear he puts a lot of focus into playing quietly. It shows his understanding of the music and what it requires to be beautiful whilst having the technique to work within the limitations of modern pianos.
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.
임윤찬이 아니었으면 베토벤 바가텔? 존 다우랜드...?? 평생 처음부터 끝까지 들어볼 일도 없었을 것 같은데... 정말 새로운 세계가 열린 것 같네요... 이런 음악을 알게 되어 너무 행복해요...
Bagatelle는말 뜻도 "사소한것, 소품"이라는데 악보는 간단하나 임윤찬군이 연주하면 너무나 흥미진진하고 재미있는 곡이 됩니다. 윤찬님 고마워요...
This whole performance is nothing but an adamant confession of love for music, a solemn vow. This's a prayer. Such divine and humane solidity are combined in one pianist with formidable technique and unfathomable musicality, which is unprecedented. My eyes got teary when he was sining Liebestraum. It's Amen. Literally and Musically.
can't agree more
He’s Catholic
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!!!
Absolutely agree with you.
Wow totally agree
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)
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.
So do I, IAW
So we’ll commented.
임윤찬 피아니스트가 특별한 이유는 철학을 품은 음악성이어서 입니다. 제가 영어를 못 해 아쉽습니다.
Вы правы!
Genuine mesmerizing young man
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.
Serious, very difficult but not showy repertoire. The result: spectacular.
Can’t agree more
희한하죠? 임윤찬 님의 연주에는 영혼의 빈 곳을 따뜻하게 채워주는 뭔가가 있어요. 거기엔 지루함이나 어려움은 없고, 거친 삶속에서 "잠깐 들어와 쉬세요"라고 하는 것 같아요. 이토록 아름다운 곡들을 들으면서도 "거장이니 아니니, 개인적 취향의 잣대로 왜 평하는지" 알고 싶지 않으나, 임윤찬님은 그가 하는 최선의 일을 최고로 노력하기에 그것이 통하는 모든 이들에겐 그는 정말 소중하며, 그가 들려주는 음악 이야기들을 한없이 듣고 싶어지고, 수없이 들을수록 행복해 집니다. "오직 음악 만을..."이것이 더 맘이 아프지만, 그래서 아름답고, 숭고하네요. 그냥 그를 그대로 지켜만 봐 주시고, 들려주는 음악에 잠잠히 뒤에 앉으신 노인분들처럼 들어주셨으면 하네요. 조급한 평가는 나중에..
네.
그분들이야말로 진정한 애호가들시시죠.
유구한 클래식 역사가 드러나는 품위있는 모습이 인상적입니다.
맞아요. 마음을 어루만져주는 그 특유의 느낌이 있어요.
딱 제 마음을 그대로 표현하셨어요 👍🙏🙂 더 이상 비교의 대상을 논한다는 건 죄 입니다 고흐가 잘 그렸느니 피카소가 잘 그렸는지 비교의 대상이 아닌 것 처럼요
@@esther88ful 그쵸. 그것도 같은 한국 피아스트들하고 왜 하는지, 글구 너무 잘하시는 피아니스트들이 많으셔서 몰라봐서 미안하고, 지금이라도 부지런히 찾아 들으려고요. ^_^
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.
I can't agree more.
yungchan(×) yunchan
@@크리스피98 Thank you for the correction!
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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!!
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☺
Absolutely agreed!
Precisely and absolutely perfect performance by such a gifted young but brilliant pianist ever
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!
Still Listening! Sept. 2024
Same here!😄👍😊🙌🍀
@@Crystal-ho7so And here!
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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.
You are so right, in every respect.
So true.. Can't agree more.
Прекрасный комментарий!
그의 연주는 철학자의 언어같습니다.
음을 다루는 기술이 그렇습니다.
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.
His repect to Gould is real lol.
It's amazing a pinist with the best virtuosity in the era has also the highest spirit.
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.
4 minutes into the Byrd and I have tears in my eyes. This is stunning.
바흐의 신포니아가, 베토벤의 바가텔이 우리마음을 열고 들어온다. 바흐의 노래가 들리고, 그 노래를 흥얼거리게 한다. 베토벤의 바가텔을 들으면 발걸음이 저절로 춤을 추게된다. 이런 연주자를 지금껏 보지 못했다. 음악에 눈뜨게 해준 임윤찬피아니스트, 동시대를 살게되어 행운이다.
Is not like I can name all the great pianists of the last decade. I don't have much of a point of reference but as a piano student let me tell you, I have fallen for Bach with this man better than with any of my teachers. I think I get it know. Thanks Yunchan
So do I
SSAhmes. The reason you can’t name any noteworthy pianists during the last few decades is that there haven’t been any really outstanding ones. There are only some keyboard technicians but not any true artists until now. There have been no Schnabels Cortots, Lipattis, Gilels or Michelangelis. The nearest one to those was Horowitz but no-one else gets anywhere close.
Yuncham Lim, the future of the Music.
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.
Love your poetic metaphor!
@@G_sharp500 reminiscent of what Ben Laude described in one of his videos
@@ct3293 bingo~
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!
"All that matters is to make good music. Him and the piano in totally focused relationship" - I love this pianist!
I saw an angel😂😂 piano prince, lovely
OMG.. Im glad this video is still alive. 😭 Everyone was surprised.
이 버젼을 자주 듣는 이유가 첫사랑의 순수함과 헌신이 있기 때문.
He played with all his soul.
Yunchan Lim is composer's assistant, friend n instrument! He's playing makes a sound of nature. I wish he could be live Yunchan Lim's own undestroyable world.
이른 나이에 거장의 반열에 오른
한 마에스트로의 연주를 봅니다.
옛 시대 천재음악가들의 너무나 아름답고 귀한 노래. 그리고 거.장.의.
반.열.에.오.른.. 짧은 여덟 글자로 표현되는 이 말이 얼마나 큰 노력의 또 노력, 희귀한 재능, 작지만 수많은 우연같지만 필연이였을지도 모른 행운들의 복합적인 조합이 이뤄낸
지금의 결과물인지. 명성을 익히 들어 알지만 평생 입장해 볼까 말까한 내게는 너무 먼 영국의 위그모어 홀에서의 연주를 이렇게 편안하게, 마침내 위대한 거장으로 탄생한 임윤찬 피아니스트의 연주로, 그가 빚어낸 명곡의 선율을 듣는 이 찰나가
매혹적이게 신비스럽습니다.💕
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👏
his playing is nothing short of miraculous, and I do believe with all my heart that Liszt, Beethoven, Bach would all give standing ovations.
To borrow the words of an older master and Van Cliburn 2022 juror (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet)
"A young master at work. A young master at work."
Synfonia no. 5 best play ever!
Great comments on this very special pianist who truly deserves all the accolades. He is touched by angels
I was lucky enough to attend this concert in person. Having listened to classical music pretty much my entire life, I have never listened to anyone play music that touched my soul so deeply, and this includes the masters of the past. During the performance I was completely at the mercy of his music, my heart felt so full and I had tears in my eyes. To this day I still can’t put my finger on exactly what makes me feel this way, only that whenever I listen to him I know that I’m beholding the art of a true genius and gift to this world. He is on a completely different level and his music transcends space and time.
Luckily bumped into Yunchan and team after the concert, aside from this god given talent, he is also one of the most modest, kind, selfless and bashful people I have ever met!
Thank you for sharing.
"His music touched my soul so deeply"- That is how I feel in his music.
Envy you so much!
I’m completely with you in your observations.
I have no idea of why, but the moment his fingers touch the keys 🎹 I have goosebumps and tears flow. It did happened the first time I heard him at the Cliburn and ever since. What a gift to humanity. He is an ARTIST!
You were the luckiest person on earth that day. 😂
Yunchan Lim is ‘rare artist who brings profound musicality and prodigious technique organically together.’ Thank you all.
Marin Alsop ^^
weight of this young man is incredible
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.
To wax lyrical over the timeless beauty of it all would defeat the purpose of Music itself, which in the hands of Yunchan Lim realises itself as the voice of the sublime. How he serves the art that defines him, and with such a humble heart. Yunchan, God bless you!
Totally, well said !
@@takyeeaw2639 Blessings!
cheers
Can’t agree more. He in fact stated his intention to do just that in an interview he gave in Korea after he won the Van Cliburn.
@@liberty2308 I have seen a couple of interviews he has done, one in which he said a melody by Mozart caused his heart to shake! That was beautiful!
운 좋게도 이 귀한 공연을 직관했어요.. 아직도 감동이 가시질 않네요. 모든 순간이 아름다웠고 신선했습니다. 오늘 받은 감동이 오래오래 기억될것 같아요. 좋은 공연 감사했습니다!
좋으셨겠어요!
당신은 아마도 전생에 나라를 구한듯요
너무 부러워요ㅠㅠ
너무 부럽고 행복한 새해 맞이하셨네요.^^
영상으로 봐도 이리 좋은데 직관하시다니 넘 좋으셨겠네요 부럽네요💞
If Mozart and Liszt produced an offspring and he was taught by Horowitz, it might be Yunchan. For people marveling at his maturity and breadth of music knowledge, I encourage you to look up JJAT duo. In particular their 2 piano arrangement of Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals. With his individual and chamber music endeavors Yunchan is certainly the future of classical music.
We need to keep an eye on Jinwoo Bae, his friend and a member of JJAT DUO!
@@오용석-k6u Why should we? Mr. Bae needs to prove himself that he's good enough. So far he's only famous for being Mr. Lim's friend. That's all.😄
@@오용석-k6u I am! :) As well as Yunchan's Japanese doppelgänger, Masaya Kamei, winner of the 2022 Long-Thibaud competition and semi-finalist in the Cliburn. So many promising young pianists to watch!
@@bwvp-vpr Some day he will! not just friend, he also has got talent.
@@michelleorne Kamei is not a doppelganger of Yunchan. Kamei is just Kamei, Yunchan is just Yunchan.
Good luck and God bless young pianists.
Yunchan's "Lievestraum" performance contains passion for love, and at the same time, it perfectly expresses regret and recollection of the unfulfilled love.
So this performance made me doubt whether the feelings of love I knew were real, and at the same time, it made a big impression. Yunchan is the blessing of heaven.
You are quite a poet 😊
After listening a little more to Yunchan Lim I have to say he already now is a brilliant pianist. The world is open for his genious.
And he was born in 2005! How will he sound in 2035?
👍 It's almost the same..... Space Treasure & Genius was born on a happy day on Mar. 20, 2004. There is no doubt that he will still bring us beautiful and deep music in 2035. Glory times are happy. We were lucky. 🥹💛
@@tedmounsteven621 Hope Im still alive 2035. Im now 78. But I aim at beeing very old!
@@staffanolofsson8201🙏🏻🙏🏻!
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.
Said it before..IMHO, the only comparison to Yunchan Lim is when Tiger Woods first debuted. Yunchan just dominates every performance, while the few but older naysayers complain about his lack of experience, or is too emotional, etc. Yunchan is a once in generation pianist and like what Tiger did for golf, Yunchan will attract more fond interest in the Classical music genre. Also, he's not the next Lang Lang or Danil or even Horowitz...he's Yunchan Lim.
Well said! 🎉🌹
Thanks God he's not another overrated Lang Lang!! 🙏🏼
Lang lang is complete clown you should not even dare to say is name next to danil trifonov or the great Horowitz
@@lazaroazar4761
Well said, well said.
I totally agree with you.
@@lazaroazar4761Lang Lang lost something along the way, or he never had anything... he plays like a lounge act in Vegas 🙄
Let's donate to Wigmore Hall!
With no doubt I did while live streaming. I’m so grateful for Wigmore hall.
I did.☺️
Yes I did😊