NSO Season Opening Gala Concert: Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 | Noseda conducts Ravel, Bonis, & Carlos Simon

• Yunchan Lim, piano
• Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

The NSO's magnificent new season officially begins!

Prepare yourself for a night of glamor and romance as classical music's newest rock star Yunchan Lim performs one of the world's greatest masterpieces, Rachmaninoff's sweeping Piano Concerto No. 2. Hailed as a "one-in-a-million talent" (Dallas Morning News) with "the potential to become a once-in-generation pianist" (The New Yorker), Lim became the youngest Gold Award winner at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Competition.

Experience his electrifying NSO debut at this dynamic concert that also features Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon's celebratory Four Black American Dances.

About National Symphony Orchestra

https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/

About Yunchan Lim, piano

Since becoming the youngest person to ever win Gold at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
—in 2022, when he was 18 years old—Yunchan Lim has ascended to international stardom. His audacious performance of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes and appearance with Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 delivered the defining moment of competition. The following year Lim made successful orchestral debuts with the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as the Chicago, Lucerne, KBS, and Tokyo symphony orchestras, among others, and recital debuts at London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center.

About Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

http://www.gianandreanoseda.com/home_e.aspx