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Yunchan Lim's 'Goldberg Variations' fulfills pianist's childhood goal, with new dreams on the horizon

Yunchan Lim, who has just released a recording of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” (1741), said in a written interview with the JoongAng Ilbo ahead of the album’s release on Friday that he recently dreamed of performing an entirely new program.

2026-02-06

Delivering Bach's voice not more loudly, but more truthfully

In an age where so much strives for the grand and the spectacular, the value of the small and transparent is what gives this music its force. A masterpiece need not be monumental to be great.

2025-08-22

South Korea gets official IOC apology for North Korea mix-up

IOC President Thomas Bach called the mistake “very regrettable” in a letter addressed Saturday to South Korean Culture Minister Yu In-chon and the heads of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and the Korean national team.

2024-07-28

Olympic chief calls South Korean president to apologize for South-North blunder

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach apologized Saturday to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on a phone call after South Korean athletes were introduced as North Korean during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday

2024-07-27

Olympic committees meet in Seoul for convention

The 26th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) kicked off Tuesday at the COEX Convention Center in southern Seoul and will run through Friday.

2022-10-18

Tokyo passes baton to Paris in closing ceremony

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially finished on Sunday evening, ending 16 days of athleticism and excitement and passing the baton to Paris 2024.

2021-08-09

Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang to help audiences understand Bach with two-hour solo

Recording Bach's "Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin" (BWV 1001-1006) separates the amateur violists from the professionals. Some of the greats that have recorded this technically complex solo piece that lasts for ...

2021-05-25

IOC President Thomas Bach receives 15th Seoul Peace Prize

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach praised the Olympic Movement for “uniting the entire world in peaceful competition” as he accepted the 15th Seoul Peace Prize on Monday.

2020-10-27

Lang Lang says Bach is the remedy for troubled times

In times of crisis star Chinese pianist Lang Lang believes music is the best medicine, especially Bach, who he says penned the perfect soundtrack for these pandemic-troubled times more than 250 years ago.

2020-09-06

Violinist Lim Ji-young uses the pandemic to tick off her to-do list

When a violinist chooses to perform an unaccompanied Bach’s “Sonatas Partitas for Solo Violin” or even Eugène Ysaÿe’s “Six Sonatas for Solo Violin,” its a decision that is usually reached after many hours of agonizing as it’s not only extremely ...

2020-06-17