At just 20 years of age, and already winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim embodies the new generation of pianists, and creates subtle resonances between repertoires, movements and composers.
Keywords: Early Music, Piano Recital
| Yunchan Lim | Piano |
| Variations pour piano | Anton Webern |
| Variations Goldberg | Johann Sebastian Bach |
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