Born in Siheung, Korea, Yunchan Lim began piano lessons at the age of seven. At 13, he was accepted at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts. He is currently studying at the New England Conservatory of Music in the USA with his teacher Minsoo Sohn. In 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest participant to win the gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the age of just 18. Since then, this young pianist has experienced a meteoric international rise with successful orchestral debuts, for example with the New York, Los Angeles and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras, the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Chicago, Lucerne, BBC, Boston and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras. He has already performed at Carnegie Hall, the Verbier Festival, Wigmore Hall, Het Concertgebouw and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, among others.
In addition to his debut with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, other highlights of the 2024/25 season include orchestral debuts with the Washington National Symphony, London Symphony, The Royal Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and WDR Sinfonieorchester. He also returns to the New York Philharmonic, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and the Orchestre de Paris. In addition, Yunchan Lim is an exclusive Decca Classics artist. His acclaimed debut album ›Chopin: Études Op.10 & 25‹ went double platinum in South Korea and reached the top of the classical music charts worldwide.