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HJ Lim
Piano
The 27 year-old pianist from South Korea distinguishes herself with her charismatic stage
presence, a phenomenal technique and a charming and bubbly personality. In her concerts, the
vivacious virtuoso knows how to enthuse young audiences in particular. In 2012, she was the first
and only classical pianist to debut at number 1 on the Classical iTunes Charts in the USA and
Canada and has managed to gain a young fan base through her videos on YouTube and presence
on social networks.
While she is up to date in her style of communication, her way of studying composers and their
works might almost seem old-fashioned in its thoroughness. In preparation for her first
performance of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas in Paris in 2010, HJ Lim immersed herself in
the composer’s diaries and letters and read all available biographies. Her performance in Paris,
which took place over eight consecutive evenings, was repeated in her native South Korea at the
Seoul Arts Center and at the Asahi Hall in Tokyo in summer 2013. With Beethoven‘s 2nd Piano
Concerto, she returns to Japan and South Korea when she embarks on a major tour of Asia with
the Zurich Chamber Orchestra under Sir Roger Norrington, which will also take her to Hong Kong
and Thailand in October 2014.
In 2011, HJ Lim recorded the complete Beethoven cycle for EMI Classics. Her new recording
featuring works by Ravel and Scriabin was released on Warner Classics in February 2014. HJ Lim
records exclusively for Warner Classics on Yamaha’s Flagship CFX concert grand pianos.
Her solo appearances with orchestras include performances with the NDR Hamburg Symphony
Orchestra in Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona and Scottish
National Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall. She has also performed with the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Munich Symphony, Seattle
Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Moscow Radio Symphony
Orchestra at Zurich Tonhalle, Hofer Symphoniker and Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra.
HJ Lim has performed solo recitals at many renowned concert halls including Wigmore Hall,
Victoria Hall, Sala Verdi in Milan, Stadtcasino in Basel as well as in the Théâtre des Bouffes du
Nord and Palais Royal in Paris. She has given performances at festivals such as Festspiele
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Annecy Classic Festival, Gilmore Keyboard Festival and Beethoven
Festival of Chicago.
HJ Lim began her musical studies at the age of three under Jong-Sun Kim. Aged twelve, Lim
chose to relocate to France, where she immersed herself in the musical world of the composers
who had shaped her formative years. After becoming the youngest-ever person to obtain the
Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales Complètes from the Conservatoire National de Rouen aged fifteen,
HJ Lim graduated with First Prize and obtained the Diplôme de Formation Supérieure, with highest
distinctions in the class of Henri Barda, from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et
de Danse de Paris. HJ Lim lives in the French-speaking area of Switzerland.