Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert

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Tom Huizenga | November 13, 2024
Remember what you were doing at the tender age of 18? Probably not taking home a gold medal from a major piano competition. Two years ago, when the South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim was only 18, he won the storied Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Ever since, we’ve been asking him to play at our Tiny Desk. Lim was the youngest ever to win the Cliburn, and one of his performances there has been viewed more than 16 million times on Youtube.

Simply put, Lim became an overnight sensation. And it’s easy to see why in these deeply considered performances. Even though he was under the weather -- explaining to our audience why his voice was weak -- you could never tell by his powerful command of every note, making our trusty upright sound like a 9-foot grand piano.

Listen for the deliciously strummed chords in Liszt’s Petrarca Sonetto, where, near the end, he rings a bell of two notes high on the keyboard and leaves them suspended in midair. Lim is celebrated for his finger twisting virtuosity, but it’s this kind of poetic dynamic control that astonishes.

Tchaikovsky is a personal favorite. Lim summons thunder in a stormy passage of the snack-sized Moment lyrique, and follows with “October” (from the cycle The Seasons) where he conjures shades of lambent autumn light, taking great care to dab and mix colors like a painter.

It’s easy to fall under the spell of Yunchan Lim’s playing. And we’re lucky, because at just age 20 Lim will be enchanting listeners for a long time.

SET LIST
Franz Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104
Piotr Tchaikovsky: Moment lyrique
Piotr Tchaikovsky: “October” (from The Seasons)

MUSICIANS
Yunchan Lim: piano

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Tom Huizenga
Director/Editor: Kara Frame
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Wendy Li
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Production Assistant: Elle Mannion
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Tiny Desk Team: Joshua Bryant, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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This dude is so good he made me buy cds... Then CD player...

jxa
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Right after winning Cliburn, he went to a hospital to give paitents free concert. He has a lot of empathy for people in need. What a great man he is!
Great talent with huge heart!

cnsee
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21세기 황홀하네요.. 리스트가 한국에서 환생해서 가죽자켓 입고 야마하 업라이트 치는 것도 보고..

sohyunlee
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윤찬님이 평소에 업라이트를 즐겨 연주한다고 하셔서 정말 기대 했는데 진짜 말이 안되는 사운드입니다 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 어떻게 이런 소리가…… 정말 최고에요

재즈피아노연습일지
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말이 안나올정도로 섬세하다… 진짜 미쳤다… 근데 여러분 출근길에는 듣지 마세요. 회사가는 길이 황홀해지는 마법같은 착각이 들게 합니다…

dalsoocchoi
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오늘 어머니장례식끝나고 돌아왔어요
마음이 허전한 이순간, 사랑하는윤찬님을 제가좋아하는 타이니데스크에서볼수있어 너무나도 위로가됩니다 요즘 윤찬님의연주를매일듣습니다 해질녘, 옥상에서 노을을보며 들으면 세상이 정말 아름답게느껴집니다 저희힐링시간이죠
늘멋지고아름다운연주고마워요❤

healingsoulscape
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I’ve never heard an upright sound that good in my life. He is one of the best pianists in the world, there’s no doubt.

academiedemusiquesamgagnon
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스타인웨이보다 이 댕글댕글 업라이트 소리가 더 자주 그리운 것 같아요 ㅋㅋㅋ 이 영상 묘한 매력이 있음

warm_ai
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가죽자켓 입은게 방점찍은 느낌이네요. 미쳐있는 공간. 흐드러진 더벅머리. 수줍은 말. 업라이트. 가죽자켓.. 그리고 완벽한 연주. 한동안 볼게 생겨 행복합니다.

치유와음악
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That piano must be very honoured to have Yunchan Lim as pianist.

staffanolofsson
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I find myself rewatching his interviews more than his performances. After finishing a graceful and confident performance, he glances around, gives a slightly awkward smile, and rubs his hands together. And then he begins to speak in a low voice, as if he’s writing each word. His words are unadorned, sincere, and honest. After saying what he needs to, he moves on to his next performance. The superstar who sells out Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Royal Albert Hall is a shy young man. Yet, he’s a confident and assured artist who makes an upright piano sound like a 9-foot grand.

YCLmusik
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this recording of the sonetto 104 on an upright piano is absolutely breathtaking

justinzhang
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Yunchan mentioned in one of his interviews that he prefers to play the music in a casual setting with giggles and claps. Big thanks to tiny desk for sharing this precious moment. Loved every single second of it.

DdaDdaE
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I am so glad I discovered him. Now I am hooked on classical music because of him.

kimmickal
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It's extremely difficult to produce that variety of nuance, dynamics, and color on an upright piano even of good quality like this one. In fact, I've never heard it done on this level. An outstanding talent, this young man.

pianoredux
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NPR 초대해주셔서감사합니다

가죽재킷입고 업라이트치는 임윤찬이라니❤

ujungkim
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Yunchan Lim. You are one of the greatest pianists of our times. Your artistic talent touches my heart and my spirit. Thank you for sharing it with us

ervinbarrios
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3 minutes in, I already feel like crying

АдияСабит
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Man, to be able to make an upright piano sound like that so effortlessly...this guy is superhuman indeed!

timothymah
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I 've just needed to emphasize that Yanchan Lim is going to be one of the best masters of the piano performing througout the 21st century and I'm honoured that I already have been witnessing it

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