Numa Bischof Ullmann, director of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, has once again demonstrated a flair for magical names and promising stars. With @Yunchan Lim, he has not only brought someone onto the stage who can set incredibly good and exciting accents with his playing, but who certainly already deserves the title of shooting star. In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest gold medal winner of the Van Cliburn International. His performances showed a "magical ability" and a "natural, instinctive quality" (La Scena). With Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2, he showed his flair for taking liberties with the tempo of the movements, occasionally stepping on the rubato brake. The slow 2nd movement in particular was celebrated by him almost to the point of melancholy pain - a little very spiritual in his subtly spun cantilenas. Carles Dutoit, who later conducted Mozart's Jupiter Symphony with routine but reduced empathy, had surprisingly little rhythmic profile against Yunchan in the harshly contrasting orchestral blocks in Chopin. In the Allegro vivace finale, Lim then demonstrated magnificent spirit and some wit with impressive runs and incredible trills. I also found his interpretation surprising in view of how absorbed he was in his playing and how little he communicated with the orchestra. However, in Dutoit he had no real partner to pass him the balls. Yunchan's touch is extraordinarily balanced, allowed for many nuances and was also able to grab hold at times. An incredibly promising young pianist

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