The 18-year-old South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim last year became the youngest person ever to win the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. His performance of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto caused a sensation, and has been watched over 9 million times on YouTube in just three months.
His Wigmore Hall solo recital last night was keenly awaited. Would it prove just another high-octane pyrotechnical display, short on genuine musicianship, or would it be the real deal? Well before the end of the evening there was little doubt that it was the latter.
