Dong-Hyek Lim

• Name — Dong-Hyek Lim • Born — 25 July 1984 • Birthplace — Seoul, South Korea • Instrument — Piano • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Pianist • Label — Warner Music Group • Website — www.donghyeklim.com

• Hangul — %임동혁 Dong-Hyek Lim (born July 25, 1984) is a South Korean classical pianist. He and his brother Dong-Min Lim both won third prize at the XV International Chopin Piano Competition in 2005. Lim won fifth prize at the 2000 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.

Lim was born in Seoul, South Korea. After early studies in Korea, he attended Moscow Conservatory with Professor Lev Naumov. He also studied in Germany with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and with Emanuel Ax at the Juilliard School.

Lim has performed in many venues including the Seoul Arts Center, Small and Great Halls of the Moscow State Conservatory, Salle Pleyel and Salle Cortot in Paris, the Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Philharmonic Hall in Beppu, Japan. He has also participated in renowned festivals such as Verbier in Switzerland, Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany, the 57th International Chopin Festival in Poland, Festival de Radio France et Montpellier, Piano aux Jacobins festival in France and Martha Argerich's Festival in Lugano. He also appeared with reputable orchestras: the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under Yuri Temirkanov, the Orchestre National de France under Kurt Masur, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Lawrence Foster and Myung-Whun Chung, the National Orchestra of Belgium under Alexander Dmitriev, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek, the European Union Youth Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy, the Northern Sinfonia under Thomas Zehetmair, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

In November 2009, Lim's mother suddenly died while he was on tour in Malaysia. He played Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess in her honor at his recital at the Seoul Arts Center in February, 2010.