Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim (; born March 20, 2004) is a South Korean pianist. In 2022, he gained widespread recognition when he became the youngest person ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at eighteen years old. Early life and education Lim was born in Siheung, South Korea. He started to take piano lessons when he was seven years old, and entered the Music Academy of Seoul Arts Center a year later. He began to take the piano more seriously when he was nine years old. At thirteen, he was accepted into the Korea National University of Arts, where he began to study with his current teacher, Minsoo Sohn. In the fall of 2023, Lim will transfer his studies with Sohn to the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Career 2018–2022: Early career In 2018, Lim received both the Second Prize and Chopin Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, where he performed with the Cleveland Orchestra in the final round. In the same year, he was the youngest participant in the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition at the Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he won the Third Prize and the Audience Prize. In 2019,