Yunchan Lim 임윤찬, Lisztomania, and a Mazeppa to die for

Watch the full performance here: 0:00 Mop-heads 2:32 Lisztomania 4:54 Special guests 6:02 #1 Prelude – Yunchan defies stereotypes 7:58 Origin of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes 9:35 Yunchan’s phrasing 11:06 Comparing Liszt Etudes to Chopin Etudes 11:55 #2 Molto Vivace - Yunchan the conductor 13:58 Comparing Yunchan to Lazar Berman 15:19 What makes Yunchan’s performance “transcendental“? 17:21 #3 Paysage – An Etude of piano dynamics 18:41 Taking a train back in time 20:24 #4 Mazeppa – Evaluating Yunchan’s revelatory performance 23:03 Liszt’s original fingering 24:36 The legend of Mazeppa, according to Liszt 28:04 Yunchan depiction of Victor Hugo’s Mazeppa PART 2 COMING SOON (Feux Follets to Chasse Neige) Ben Laude is joined by Cliburn Competition screening judge Anton Nel, official Cliburn blogger for Gramphone Jed Distler, and tonebase Artist Asiya Korepanova to break down Yunchan Lim