Hyo-Sun LIM

• 5th prize, Piano 2007
  

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Pianist Hyo-Sun Lim (Jeonju, Korea 1981) has been studying piano since the age of three. She studied in the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Gary Graffman, getting the "Festorazzi-award" as most outstanding student of the year. Afterwards she moved to Europe to complete her musical education with Arie Vardi, Hannover Musikhochschule, and Leonid Margarius, Accademia Pianistica di Imola (Italy).

Upcoming and recent activities include performances at the Walt Disney Concert Hall LA, Konzerthaus Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Lincoln Center New York, Auditori Barcelona, and Opera City Hall Tokyo. She has also performed as a soloist with the National Orchestra of Belgium, Vlaams Radio Orkest, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the San Remo Symphony Orchestra.

Hyo-Sun Lim has won top prizes at many international competitions: 5th prize at Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, 1stprize, audience special prize winner at the Viotti International Competition, special prize for late beethoven works at the Beethoven Competition in Vienna, 1st prizes at the Junior Chopin and Oberlin International Piano competitions and Chamber Music prize at Beethoven Competition in Bonn.

Ms. Lim is also very well-known as a chamber musician, collaborating with artists such as Arnold Steinhardt, Hilary Hahn, Mischa Maisky and Daniel Lee. In May and June 2006, she garnered extensive critical acclaim toured Asia with Hilary Hahn (Korea, Japan, China).

Ms. Lim has been heard frequently on the radio and in live concert broadcasts from the Spanish National Radio, WDR, NDR, RAI, NPR and Radio Belgique and seen on television throughout Korea, Japan, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.

In autumn 2009, her first CD production has been released with the Naxos label, including short works by Bach, Handel, Mozart and Schubert. In 2011 she has released a Beethoven Piano Trios CD with the Ludwig Trio.

www.hyosunlim.com