Youngest winner of Van Cliburn Lim Yun-chan “Nothing has changed… I will practice more” (Comprehensive)

Victory press conference… When asked how he felt after watching the video of the contest, he said, “I haven’t actually seen it.”

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Lim Yoon-chan shyly speaking

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jun-hee Shin = Pianist Yun-chan Lim, who became the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn Competition in the United States at the age of 18, speaks at a press conference held at the Seocho Campus of Han Ye-jong on the 30th. 2022.6.30 [email protected]

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji-woo Lim = Pianist Yunchan Lim (18, Korea National University of Arts), who recently won the US Van Cliburn Competition with the youngest record, said on the 30th, “(Winning) Even now, nothing has changed. My skills haven’t improved, so I’ll practice harder.”

At the press conference held at Lee Kang-suk Hall on the Seocho Campus of the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul on that day, Lim Yun-chan remained as humble as ever after the competition. Van Cliburn, the representative piano competition in North America, is recognized as having the same authority as the Chopin Competition, the Tchaikovsky Competition, and the Queen Elizabeth Competition, which are considered to be the world’s three major music competitions.

Before the meeting, Yunchan Lim performed a demonstration with Russian composer Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Prelude Op.37 No.4 and Piano Sonata No.2.

Lim Yun-chan, who went on stage wearing a black jacket over a black T-shirt, looked as if she had just walked out of the video of the Van Cliburn Competition.

Despite the constant baptism of flashes, he was immersed in the performance without any tremors.

In a question-and-answer session after the performance, Lim Yoon-chan said, “I’ve only played the piano so far, so nothing will change in the future.” .

When asked about his plans to challenge competitions in other regions such as Europe, he answered, “It seems difficult to say about that part as it has been only a few weeks since the Van Cliburn Competition has ended.”

Yunchan Lim playing the piano
Yunchan Lim playing the piano

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Junhee Shin = Pianist Yunchan Lim, who became the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn Competition in the United States at the age of 18, performs at a press conference held at the Seocho Campus of Hanyejong on the 30th. 2022.6.30 [email protected]

The press conference was attended by Sohn Min-soo, a professor at Korea National University of Arts, who had been teaching Lim Yun-chan since she was 12 years old.

Professor Sohn said, “I am grateful to see that Yunchan Lim is paying so much attention to his performance, because the purity of music seems to work with many people.”

He continued, “I saw Lim Yun-chan practicing his performance just before today’s meeting, and he was only practicing with his left hand. heard,” he said.

When asked if there was any advice he would like to give to Lim Yun-chan, he said, “I think Yoon-chan has already become a master at the piano enough to say that he wants to go into the mountains and live with the piano.” revealed

He said, “When I first saw 12-year-old Chan-Yi Yoon, I couldn’t have imagined a situation like this now,” he said.

In response, Lim Yoon-chan expressed his respect and trust, saying, “Professor Son taught not only music but also how to live as a person.” “He influenced everything in my life.”

Im Yoon-chan and Son Min-soo
Im Yoon-chan and Son Min-soo

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Junhee Shin = Pianist Yunchan Lim (left), who became the youngest winner of the American Van Cliburn Competition at the age of 18, greets pianist Professor Minsu Son at a press conference held at the Seocho Campus in Yejong Han on the 30th. 2022.6.30 [email protected]

When asked about his impressions of watching the video of his performance at the contest, Lim Yoon-chan laughed, saying, “I erased all YouTube, etc., during the contest.”

In the 16th Van Cliburn Competition, where Lim Yun-chan won, not only his performances in the finals and semi-finals, but also his performances in the 1st and 2nd rounds became a hot topic.

In particular, in the second round performance composed of songs by Bach, Scriabin, and Chopin, Lim Yun-chan aroused the curiosity of those who were silent for a whopping 90 seconds after playing the first song, Bach.

Regarding this, he explained the situation at the time, “I played Bach, the first song at the time, as if I was giving my soul.

Yunchan Lim, who became a hot topic around the world by winning the contest with his outstanding skills at the contest that ended on the 18th local time, is scheduled to hold a concert in North America, starting with the Aspen area in the United States in July.

In Korea, on December 10th, a recital to commemorate the victory was held at the Seoul Arts Center’s concert hall to showcase the songs performed in this competition.

At the meeting that day, Lim Yoon-chan expressed his desire to focus on music and himself without being shaken by anything other than music.

“The old musicians just found music between the sheet music and themselves without the internet,” he said.

He continued, “When I see other people’s good performances on YouTube, etc., I start to imitate them without realizing it.”

Yunchan Lim playing the piano
Yunchan Lim playing the piano

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Junhee Shin = Pianist Yunchan Lim, who became the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn Competition in the United States at the age of 18, performs at a press conference held at the Seocho Campus of Hanyejong on the 30th. 2022.6.30 [email protected]

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