Jennifer Lim chose to open her Mozart CD with the Sonata Semplice in C major, despite its reputation for being "too easy to play," because she felt its elegance and purity embodied much of what Mozart's music is admired for.
Performer Biography
Jennifer Lim won the Grand Prize at The Korea Times National Music Competition at age 8.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Mendelssohn-Saal in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, Germany, between September 4-6, 2014, using a Steinway D piano.
Performer Biography
Jennifer Lim studied with notable pianists including Peter Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music and Bella Davidovich at The Juilliard School.
Performer Biography
Jennifer Lim, a Korean-Canadian pianist, began playing piano before age 5 and made her public debut a year later.
Interpretation
Jennifer Lim's approach to the famous 'Turkish Rondo' from Sonata No. 11 was influenced by her teacher Peter Serkin, who favored a "very slow and deliberate" tempo, leading her to experiment for an "unpretentious and quite straight-ahead" interpretation.
Performer Biography
Jennifer Lim's debut CD, an all-Chopin program recorded when she was 24, received rave reviews and was praised by Bayerischer Rundfunk as being "like the greats such as Argerich, Pogorelich, Michelangeli and Kapell."
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