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Yunchan w/ NY Phil last night @ Geffen..was transcendental

 

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Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York

The 19-year-old musician made his New York Philharmonic debut with a powerful yet poetic performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto.

www.nytimes.com

 

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One of the pieces that really captured my imagination as a yute.

Still one of my all time favorites.

 

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Another one from childhood. This scared the dog **** out of me but it's a masterpiece on every level.

Need to pull up Fantasia on Disney+ Been at least 25yrs since i've watched that.

 

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*YT will prolly take it down

 

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More contemporary vibes but this kid is talented as ****.

 

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I hope you can experience in person. World is saying he's 2nd coming of Horowitz. He'll be in Texas, Boston, NJ & NY next month.

 

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Korean piano sensation, 19, signs record deal - BBC News

Yunchan Lim, once called "classical music’s answer to K-pop", signs to the UK's Decca Records.

www.bbc.co.uk

Amazing to see his journey from an unknown to now

 

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Yunchan Lim is taught by Min Soo Sohn, who was taught by Russell Shermann (who died 2 days ago, RIP), who was taught by Edward Steuermann, who was taught by Ferruccio Busoni, who was taught by Carl Reinecke, who was taught by Franz LISZT, who was taught by Carl Czerny who was taught by Ludwig van BEETHOVEN.

 

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Best Classical Music Albums of 2023

Our favorites include premiere recordings of works by Thomas Adès and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, as well as portraits of Missy Mazzoli and Kaija Saariaho.

www.nytimes.com

 

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Has anyone watched Maestro yet??

Bradley Cooper plays Leonard Berstein.

Highly recommend it.

 

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Has anyone watched Maestro yet??

Bradley Cooper plays Leonard Berstein.

Highly recommend it.

If you liked Maestro then you'll Love Shine. Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor Oscar for his role. Focuses on the magnitude of Rach-3....then go back (scroll up) and see why worldwide critics lauded Yunchan Lim's rendition of Rach-3