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| Already acclaimed by
audiences, critics and fellow musicians as one of the most talented
young pianists in the world, Dong-Hyek Lim was born in 1984 in
Seoul, Korea. After early studies at the National Conservatory of the Republic of Korea, he moved aged 10 to Russia to become a pupil at the Moscow Central Music School, graduating in 1998 to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he had been a student of Professor Lev Naumov. In September 1996, on winning second prize at the International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow, he was congratulated by telegram by Yeong-Sam Kim, President of the Republic of Korea. Laureate of the International Busoni Piano Competition in Italy in August 2000, he won second prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan later that year and in December 2001 won the Premier Grand Prix of the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition in Paris. His performances at the Small and Great Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory, the Salle Chopin-Pleye, Theatre des Champs-Elysees and the Salle Gaveau in Paris, Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, Wigmore Hall in London, the Lazienski Palace in Warsaw, the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Konzert Hall in Berlin, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussel, Tonhalle Hall in Zurich and Suntory Hall, Kioi Hall, New National Theater, Osaka Philharmonic Hall, Saitama Art Theatre in Japan and the Theatro municipal do Rio de Janeiro in Brasil have met with great acclaim. He has appeared at many renowned festivals, including Verbier in Switzerland, the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany, the 57th International Chopin Festival in Poland, La Roque d'Anthéron, Montpellier Radio France, the Piano aux Jacobins Festivals in France and Martha Argerich Festivals in Lugano Swizerland and in Beppu Japan. In past season, he also had appearances with reputable orchestras among which the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, the National France Orchestra under Kurt Masur, the Radio France Philharmonic under Lawrence Foster and Myung-Whoon, Chung, the New Japan Philharmonic and the national tour in Israel with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra included. His engagement in the next season includes concerts such as the Great Performer Series at Lincoln Center and the Troy Chromatic Concert Series in New York, at Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, at "Circola della Musica" Series in Imola Italy, at Biarritz festival in France, at the Seoul Art Center Concert Hall, at the Symphony Hall of the Auditorio National de la Musica in Madrid and the Canaries festival in Spain , at Natioal Concert Hall in Taipei, at Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussel with Orchestra de Belgium, at the 6th International Paderewski Piano Competition opening ceremony concert(2 concertos) with the Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra in Bydgoszcz, at Tchaikovsky Hall with Moscow Academy Philharmonic Orchestra and at Suntory Hall in Tokyo with the New Japan Philharmonic. He is a recipient of scholarship by Samsung Culture Foundation and Ezoe Scholarship Foundation and now studying under the class of Professor Arie Vardi in the Hannover Music Hochschule. In June 2002, EMI released his debut CD, which later in September received DIAPASON D'OR (The Golden DIAPASON), of Chopin, Schubert and Ravel. His 2nd C.D with EMI, which was recorded only for Chopin was recently released in Jan 2004 and received CHOC Prize by Le Monde de la Musique. "the most deeply gifted young musician we have heard for a long time, full of maturity, commanding absolute authority, and at the same time with an elegance which one can only find amongst the chosen…an extraordinary talent…[with] his ability to square the circle between expressivity, directness, grandeur and simplicity" - Diapason, 2002 (translated from French) "a quality of radiance that betokens real music-making. Poetry and virtuosity seem in balance; each performance manifests flow and sweep...I soon stopped making comparisons with past 'greats' and succumbed to the beauty, ease and naturalness of the playing." - BBC Music Magazine, October 2002 |
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