Dong-Hyek Lim (; born July 25, 1984) is a South Korean classical pianist. He and his brother
Dong-Min Lim
Dong-Min Lim (; born April 14, 1980, in Seoul) is a South Korean classical pianist
A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classica ...
both won third prize at the
XV International Chopin Piano Competition
The XV International Chopin Piano Competition () was held from 2 to 24 October 2005 in Warsaw, organized by the . The competition was won by Rafał Blechacz of Poland, who prevailed against 80 competitors from 18 countries.
This was the first ...
in 2005. Lim won fifth prize at the 2000
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni.
History
The firs ...
.
Early life and education
Lim was born in
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...
, South Korea. After early studies in Korea, he attended
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...
with Professor
Lev Naumov
Lev Nikolayevich Naumov (; 12 February 1925, Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Rostov – 21 August 2005, Moscow) was a Russians, Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Go ...
. He also studied in Germany with
Arie Vardi
Arie Vardi (; born 1937) is a classical pianist, conductor, and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017.
Biography
Vardi was born in Tel Aviv and graduated from the Rubin Academy (renamed the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in ...
at the
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating to , it has reorganised and changed names as it developed over the years, ...
and with
Emanuel Ax
Emanuel "Manny" Ax (born June 8, 1949) is a Grammy Award-winning American classical pianist. He is known for his chamber music collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Isaac Stern and Young Uck Kim, as well as his piano recitals and p ...
at the
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...
.
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Awards
Lim has been the recipient of many prominent awards. In September 1996, he took second prize in the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Mosco
and received much international attention by being the youngest participant in the competition and by placing second while his elder brother Dong-Min Lim tied for first prize. In 2000, Lim placed fifth at the International Busoni Piano Competition in Ital
and won second prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition has been held every 3 years since 1991 in Hamamatsu
is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340 ...
in Japan.
In December 2001, he became the youngest winner of the Premier Grand Prix in the history of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition in Paris and also five other special awards.
Lim created controversy in 2003 upon his refusal of his third prize placement in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
The Queen Elisabeth Competition (, ) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (1876–1 ...
in Brussels
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, stating that the judging wasn't fair. The third place prize was consequently 'unawarded' for the first time since the establishment of the competition in 1938, and Lim's name and placement is missing from the laureates' page on the official web site.
Lim participated in the 15th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in October 2005 and shared the third prize with his elder brother Dong-Min Lim
Dong-Min Lim (; born April 14, 1980, in Seoul) is a South Korean classical pianist
A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classica ...
, with no second prize being awarded. He then placed fourth with fellow contestant Sergei Sobolev in the 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
in Moscow in June 2007, where no first prize was awarded.
Performing and recording career
Lim has performed in many venues including the Seoul Arts Center
The Seoul Arts Center (SAC; ) is an arts complex in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. It consists of five main buildings: the Opera House, with three auditoriums; the Music Hall, with two concert halls; the Hangaram Art Museum; the Hangaram D ...
, Small and Great Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory, Salle Pleyel
The Salle Pleyel (, meaning "Pleyel Hall") is a concert hall in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, designed by the acoustician Gustave Lyon together with the architect Jacques Marcel Auburtin, who died in 1926, and the work was completed i ...
and Salle Cortot
Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in:
*Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall
*Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique
*Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra
*Salle Pleyel, a Paris ...
in Paris, the Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, the Konzerthaus in Berlin
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, Wigmore Hall
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in London, and the Philharmonic Hall in Beppu
270px, Beppu City Hall
is a city in Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of November 30, 2023, the city had a population of 113,045 in 62,702 households, and a population density of 900 persons per km2. The total area of the ci ...
, Japan. He has also participated in renowned festivals such as Verbier
Verbier () is a village located in south-western Switzerland in the canton of Valais
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in Switzerland
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Klavier-Festival Ruhr
in Germany, th
57th International Chopin Festival in Poland
Festival de Radio France et Montpellier The Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, formerly the Festival de Radio France et de Montpellier, is a summer festival of opera and music held in Montpellier, France created in 1985. The music festival concentrates on classical music and jaz ...
Piano aux Jacobins festival
in France and Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich (; ; born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argerich gave her debut concert at the age of eight before receiving further piano training in Europe. At an early age, she won sev ...
's Festiva
in Lugano
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.
He also appeared with reputable orchestras: the NHK Symphony Orchestra
The is a Japanese broadcast orchestra based in Tokyo. The orchestra gives concerts in several venues, including the NHK Hall, Suntory Hall, and the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.
History
The orchestra was founded as the ''New Symphony Orchestr ...
under Charles Dutoit
Charles Édouard Dutoit is a Swiss conductor. He is the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia.
In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. Dutoit held previous positions ...
, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (; ; 10 December 1938 – 2 November 2023) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, named a People's Artist of the USSR.
Early life
Born in 1938 in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik, Temirkanov attended the Saint Petersburg ...
, the Orchestre National de France
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under Kurt Masur
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, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Lawrence Foster
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Early life
Foster was born in Los Angeles, California, to Romanian parents. His father died when Foster was three years old. He was later adopted by his step ...
and Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-whun Chung (; born 22 January 1953) is a South Korean conductor and pianist.
Career Performer
Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chun ...
, the National Orchestra of Belgium
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under Alexander Dmitriev, the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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under Jiri Belohlavek
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Jiri, which lies about 190 kilometers from Kathmandu, is the main gateway to the ...
, the European Union Youth Orchestra
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under Vladimir Ashkenazy
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, the Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history the orchestra gave most of its concerts at the Newcastle City Hall. It also gave mont ...
under Thomas Zehetmair
Thomas Zehetmair (born 23 November 1961) is an Austrian violinist and conductor.
Biography
Zehetmair was born in Salzburg, and studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where both of his parents taught. His festival debut was at age 16. He was in ...
, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
The Moscow Symphony Orchestra is a non-state-supported Russian symphony orchestra, founded in 1989 by the sisters Ellen and Marina Levine. The musicians include graduates from such institutions as Moscow Conservatory, Moscow, Kiev Conservatory, Ki ...
, the New Japan Philharmonic
The is a symphony orchestra based in Tokyo, Japan.
History
It was founded in 1972 with Seiji Ozawa as honorary conductor laureate. The Philharmonic's primary concert venue is the Sumida Triphony Hall. From 2003 to 2013 its music director ...
and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is a major Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert ...
.
Personal life
In November 2009, Lim's mother suddenly died while he was on tour in Malaysia. He played Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
's Pavane for a Dead Princess in her honor at his recital at the Seoul Arts Center
The Seoul Arts Center (SAC; ) is an arts complex in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. It consists of five main buildings: the Opera House, with three auditoriums; the Music Hall, with two concert halls; the Hangaram Art Museum; the Hangaram D ...
in February, 2010.[In memory of his mother]
Yonhap News
Yonhap News Agency (; ) is a major news agency in South Korea. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap provides news articles, pictures, and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea.
History
Yonhap was esta ...
2010-02-05
References
External links
Official Website
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1984 births
Living people
Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition
Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners
Moscow Conservatory alumni
South Korean classical pianists
South Korean expatriates in Russia
Musicians from Seoul
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni
Juilliard School alumni