By THIRSTY
Born in Seoul, Hee-Young Lim entered the
Korean National University at age 15 and later moved to the United States to attend
the New England Conservatory of Music. Upon graduation, she went on to study at
the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where she graduated
with “Highest Distinction.” She also graduated Hochschule für Musik “Franz
Liszt” Weimar, where she earned her Konzertexamen degree “mit auszeichnung” (summa
cum laude). Currently, she serves as a Professor of Cello at the Beijing
Central Conservatory.
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Hee-Young was appointed as the Principal Solo
Cellist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin and
was one of the first female Asian cellists to lead a section in a major
European orchestra.
As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras
and ensembles all over the world, including the Deutsche Berlin Chamber
Orchestra, the Budapest Radio Philharmonic, the Warsaw National Philharmonic,
the Jenaer Philharmonie, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the KBS Symphony
Orchestra, the Seoul Symphony Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonie, the
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, the Bandung Philharmonic, the Korean
Chamber Orchestra, the Incheon Symphony Orchestra, the Ningbo Symphony and the Zagreb
Soloists.
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In the 2019-2020 season, she will appear at
the Tong Yeong International Music Festival, the Zagreb Soloists, Jakarta
Symphony and with orchestras in China and Korea, including the Korean Symphony,
Suwon Philharmonic, Daegu, Kwangju, Gangnam, Beijing Symphony and Wuhan
Symphony.
Her debut recording, entitled French Cello Concertos, with the
London Symphony Orchestra, was released on the Sony Classical label. Gramophone
Magazine said she “brings an exceptionally refined, silkily lyrical sound
to the whole,” and the Washington Post found her “a deeply gifted
musician, with a full, singing tone, near-flawless technique and a natural
lyricism that infused nearly every note she played.” Her second album will
focus on Russian Cello Sonatas and is expected to be released in 2019.
Every now and then Stay Thirsty finds an artist as talented and as promising
as Hee-Young Lim. Her ability, drive and maturity shine in every way and Stay
Thirsty Magazine is proud to name her as a 2019 SPOTLIGHT ARTIST.
The following video of recording her first album at the famed Abbey Road
Studios in London with the London Symphony Orchestra tells it all.
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