By Honorary Reporter Diya Mitra from U.K.
Photos = Diya Mitra

Piano virtuoso Lim Yunchan on May 20 captivated the audience at London's historic Royal Albert Hall with a masterful interpretation of Chopin. 

The facility's 5,000 seats and standing gallery were packed to capacity, maintaining a reverent silence during the performance.

Lim, 21, the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at age 18, performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under director Vasily Petrenko. The program also featured Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain and concluded with Strauss' An Alpine Symphony.

Royal Albert Hall was the venue on May 20 of Lim Yunchan's concert.

The vastness of the hall seemed to contract as Lim drew each listener into an intimate musical conversation. I felt his technical brilliance and ability to convey deep emotion through subtle nuances bridged classical tradition with contemporary sensibility.

Lim performs Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London.

This was Lim's third London appearance, following his debut at Wigmore Hall in 2023 and his interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations there in April this year.

He will return to Royal Albert Hall in August for the BBC Proms, an eight-week summer program of daily orchestral concerts of classical music and other events.

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