HJ Lim - Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau N.5 op.39, live 2009 video free download

Disabled Gardening

she plays Rachmaninoff as though she's never heard a recording of his music... Rachmaninoff played his own compositions in a similar way

saeng kim

소리에서 빈센트 반 고호가 보인다

Shiyu Xia

cool！！

Jacob Opper

Ecstatic pianism. Incomparable.

Nikola Kolarovski

Of course, who else can butcher a piece if not an asian person. Playing like the robots you are. No soul or whatsoever.

coline goumazc

demain je viens te voir avec l'école

Fritz Maisenbacher

Only 7 years later , already Legendary , Mrs. Lim forever , wild ....

Francisco Borém

Marcação do compasso? Acentuação? Aplaudindo sua performance...

Javier Serralta San Martin

3 dimensions of music(melody,harmony,structure) in perfect balance, 4 elements(earth,water,air,fire) in beautiful equilibruim, controlled passion...freezes time and space, collapses sound and silence, shooting burning star in slow motion, eternity, little miracle

Sukhee Han

멋지다 인간으로서....건강하게 오래 연주활동 하시길....행복하시고요....

Bruce Stoller

Gorgeous power and clarity of lines- very much like Cliburn's sound - thank you for this post- 

MaestroEspressivo

It is seriously difficult to describe how great is this recital excerpt. Having listened to/watched this video many times, I experience it as one of the most powerful, poetic, passionate, and penetrating, if petite, piano performances I have ever had the privilege to perceive or ponder. The all-too-common criticism of Asian virtuosi, along the axes of technical mastery versus expressivity, appear vapid and meaningless regarding HJ Lim, in the face of her unique yet complete integration of both. There is nothing cold about this virtuosity. There is nothing contrived in this expressivity. This era is dominated, if not flooded, by crisp, clean, clear, and yet mostly homogenized stage virtuosity. HJ Lim dives fearlessly into the composer's emotions, bringing luminosity to even the deepest and darkest of abysses. All thirst of Spirit and Soul here slayed! I so welcome and savor this artistry.Those who, no doubt, will criticize the rapid tempo, heavy pedaling (this is Rach music!) or apparent narrow range of tone color, are missing a splendiferous forest for the sake of a few trees. The most daring creative element driving this interpretive revolution is HJ's uninhibited use of acceleration, which she balances with magnified cadence and climax emphases. These jaw-dropping, ear-opening, super-energetic accelerandi breathtakingly electrify Rachmaninoff's powerfully passionate 'marcato' thematic statements. Urgent desire drives each unfolding musical phrase and emotional phase. A heady conquest, heavy and double-edged, wrings away naked, sweet-bitter tears. Melancholy, lilting, is openly savored, without guilt or shame...HJ is a genius at slowing and holding mounting emotional tension, and at rigging climatic statements to then explode in a spontaneous rush. Over the four-and-a-half minutes of this 'Etude Tableaux', the value of these extreme means of expression starts multiplying, as each successive 'a tempo' main theme restatement arrives, resplendent with new and evolving musical and emotional meaning. In short, HJ's radical phrase-shaping is the x-factor which facilitates the transformation of this work from a great 'Study-Picture' into a masterpiece of smoldering passion.

신호철

와 피아노와 하나가 됬네

KC H

아.....ㅠㅠ

Harth Brito

Bonito! E ela está vindo para o Brasil, vou tentar assistir a ela.