Yunchan Lim honored with Berggruen Prize
Pianist Yunchan Lim has been awarded this year's Olivier Berggruen Prize as part of his recital at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy.
Yunchan Lim, together with his teacher Minsoo Sohn, impressed the audience in the Rougemont church with a program that included arrangements for two pianos of Richard Strauss' Rose CavalierBrahms' Sonata and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.
Yunchan Lim won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 at the age of 18. Since then, he has made his debuts with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. In April 2025, he gave his recital debut at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Yunchan Lim will receive the Olivier Berggruen Prize after Alexandra Dovgan (prizewinner 2023) and Kate Liu (prizewinner 2024).
Established by the German-American art historian, curator and writer Olivier Berggruen, the prize includes a concert as part of the festival program and a trophy, which this year was designed by the Geneva-born artist Olympia Scarry, who now lives in New York. Berggruen comes from a family of patrons and is artistic advisor to the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
