Dongmin Lim
South Korea, 25
Violinist Dongmin Lim won First Prize at the Seoul International Music Competition and the Isang Yun Special Prize. He has performed the complete Ysaÿe Solo Violin Sonatas at Myeongdong Cathedral and collaborated multiple times with Myung-Whun Chung. He released Young Korean Musicians II with pianist Hyoungrok Choi. As a member of the Eden Quartet, he won Second Prize and a Special Prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition. He performs on a 1667 Francesco Rugeri violin on loan from Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
Teachers:
Ning Feng 2022 – present
Takashi Shimizu 2019 – 2020
Koichiro Harada 2017 – 2018
Nam Yun Kim 2017 – 2021
Preliminaries
Sonata in A major, K. 305 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice No. 11, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Sonata No. 6 in E major — E. Ysaÿe
Caprice No. 24, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Albumblatt — R. Wagner (arr. A. Wilhelmj)
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 — S. Prokofiev
Caprice d’après l’Étude en forme de Valse, Op. 52 — C. Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 — W. A. Mozart
La Gitana — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 — D. Shostakovich
