HJ Lim, piano with music of Beethoven

Program::
Beethoven op.109
Beethoven op.106 (Hammerklavier)
Followed by Q&A

In November 2009, HJ exploded onto the international music scene when a recital at the Stadtcasino Basel, which included Rachmaninov’s complete Etudes-Tableaux and Chopin’s complete Etudes, was uploaded to YouTube. The unprecedented online traffic captured the imagination of the industry and audiences around the world.

In August 2010, HJ performed the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas over eight consecutive days in Paris and one year later she went on to record the complete cycle for EMI Classics with whom she now records exclusively.

Upcoming concerto appearances include performances with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio at the Tonhalle Zurich, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Bilkent Symphony, Hofer Symphoniker, Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana as well as recital tours of the UK and South America.

HJ began her musical studies at the age of three under Jong-Sun Kim and her prodigious talent was quickly recognised. Aged twelve, HJ decided of her own accord to relocate to France where she immersed herself in the musical world of the composers who had shaped her early years. Five months later she graduated from the Conservatoire National Région de Compiègne with First Prize and highest distinction in the class of Marc Hoppeler. At fifteen, she became the youngest ever person to obtain the "Diplôme d'Etudes Musicales Complètes" of Normandy in France.

Subsequently HJ was awarded the "Perfectionnement Cycle” for chamber music and piano at the Conservatoire National de Rouen and she received First Prize and the highest distinction.

In 2003 HJ Lim commenced her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris under Henri Barda and three years later she graduated with First Prize and obtained the "Diplôme de Formation Supérieur", again, with highest distinctions. While there she studied conducting and was chosen to direct the Orchestre des Lauréats in works including Handel’s Alcina, Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie, Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 and Britten’s Les Illuminations. HJ Lim currently resides in Switzerland.

6:30pm doors // 7:30pm show // all ages
$15 advance // $20 day of show

contemporary classical, Beethoven