Korean-Spanish pianist Soojung Lim has been acclaimed as one of the most promising pianists of her generation. Ms. Lim has performed widely as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, in Europe, the USA, Japan and Korea After attending the Seoul High School of Arts in South Korea, Soojung was awarded a scholarship to study with Richard Braun at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany. After completing her degree course there she went on to pursue a music performance degree at the Conservatory Superior Municipal in Barcelona, Spain, where she studied with Ramon Coll, a pupil of Sviatoslav Richter. Thus it can be said that Soojung has been influenced by both the traditional German and Russian schools of pianism.

Soojung has attended masterclasses with Peter Feuchtwanger, Germain Mournier, Abbey Simon, Karl Heinz Kammerling, Georg Sava, Yara Bernett, Seymour Lipkin, and Ilan Rogoff (a pupil of Horowitz and Claudio Arrau), to name but a few.

 She has given recitals in such venues as the Steinway Hall (Hamburg), Mirabell Palace (Salzburg), Salon Ankermann (Valdemossa, Mallorca, Spain), Sala Mozart Auditorium (Majorca), and Busan Culture Centre (South Korea). Soojung has also performed as soloist with many orchestras, including the Busan Symphony, Busan Philharmonic, Kwangju Philharmonic, and the newly formed Hankuk Philharmonic, when she played Schumann’s Piano Concerto, at their inaugural concert, at the Seoul Art Centre, South Korea’s most prestigious concert hall.

At all these venues Soojung has been greeted with critical acclaim, being described as a concert pianist with musicality, virtuosity, magical performance, sensitivity, communicative interpretation, brilliance, and expressivity...

Soojung also performs as a chamber musician, including, in 2010, the British premiere of Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto, in its newly edited and published string quintet version, with the renowned Tippett Quartet, and Stephen Williams (double bass). This took place at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre (London, England), as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of Chopin’s birth.

Ms. Lim has won multiple awards & prizes including the 1st prize for the Yukyoung Piano competition, the Special prize for the Busan Young Artist Piano Competition, 2nd Prize for the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Honour Prize for the highest final marks for recital by KA (Artist Diploma in Music Performance).

Soojung has made a documentary feature for the Arirang television channel of Korea, which features her playing the world premiere of Weisse Lili for Cello & Piano, by the contemporary Korean composer Eaktai Ahn. She has performed on KBS (Korean National Television) and IB3 (Spanish Radio). Soojung has also recorded a Solo piano CD entitled “Love Affair”.

Since moving to London Soojung has found further inspiration under the special training of Peter Feuchtwanger.

Soojung’s most recent activities include participation in Engadine Summer Academie in Samedan, Switzerland, with Maestro Peter Feuchtwanger (sponsored by Beckchon Scholarship Foundation, South Korea); taking part in a workshop with conductor Thomas Sanderling; performing in concert in BSI Engadine Music Festival – “Liszt in Switzerland”. Of Soojung’s recent performance in concert in Kultursaison von Kultur BUNT, in Lemforde am Dummersee, Germany, the critic Kreis Zeitung wrote:

“The Rossini Variations by Heri Herz, played by the pianist Lim Soojung, was an elegant virtuosic sound experience...”

For the future Ms. Lim has concerts planned in Germany and South Korea, as well as a recital, “Feuchtwanger & Chopin”. She is currently working on a project “Soojung and Friends”. In 2012 Soojung will be adjudicating at the Rotary International Piano Competition in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. She has been a regular jurist at the Competition since its inception in 2003.