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 classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

. He and his brother Dong-Hyek Lim won third prize at the

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. Dong Min Lim studied at the

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, 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 at

Mannes College The New School for Music The Mannes School of Music (), originally called the David Mannes Music School and later the Mannes Music School, Mannes College of Music, the Chatham Square Music School, and Mannes College: The New School for Music, is a music conservatory in T ...

Childhood

Unusually for a famous pianist, Lim started playing the piano at the age of nine. However, within two years, he had won various competitions in South Korea such as Samick Piano Competition. While he was studying in

Sun Hwa Arts School Sunhwa Arts School () is a private coeducational college preparatory arts academy located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded as the Little Angels Art School in 1973 by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon (the founder of the Unification Church), the Sunhwa ...

with the full scholarship at age 14, he moved to Moscow in 1994 to study at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow,with his parents. He continued his studies with Professor

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. Since he was young, he participated in most of the top competitions in Europe. At that time, Lim got a message of congratulations by

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, the president of Korea at that moment.

Awards

Lim had received plenty of awards in well-known competitions. In 1996, at age 16, he was the winner of the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow (his brother Dong-Hyek Lim was in second place). In 1998, he was in the final round of International Tchaikovsky Competition for young adults. Also, he was placed as the third in International Vioti Competition. Moreover, in 2001, he was placed as the third in The International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni, Italy when there was no winner. He also took the fifth prize at the 2002

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 ...

. Here, he was the third person in Korean history after

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 ...

() and Hae-Sun Beak () to be on the top list. In 2005, Lim participated in the 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw announcing that this competition would be the last competition. At the end, he tied (having exactly the same decimal numbers) the third prize with his brother Dong-Hyek Lim (while there was no second prize) as the first Koreans in the history to be on the first five list.

Performing style

The performing styles of Dong-Min and Dong-Hyek Lim are very contrasting from each other. While Dong-Min Lim's performing style is soft, light, and flexible, which gives the audience a comfort sound to hear, Dong-Hyek Lim has more characteristic sound (sound of his own), using a lot of good techniques while he is playing a piece.

References

International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in WarsawInternational Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

International Busoni Piano Competition in Italy
#Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Dong-Min 1980 births Living people South Korean classical pianists Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni Moscow Conservatory alumni

Childhood

Awards

Performing style

See also

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