Piano Pictures

Mendelssohn’s stirring Songs without Words, Tchaikovsky’s most expressive Seasons, and Mussorgsky’s richly colourful Pictures at an Exhibition ... in essence: compositions where the piano becomes a canvas for both poetry and painting. To experience these little musical gems at the Saanen Church, we’ve invited the Korean pianist Yunchan Lim, who will be celebrating his 20th birthday in 2024. While at the fringes of the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition, conductor Marin Alsop remarked that Yunchan Lim is one of those “rare artists seamlessly blending profound musicality with astonishing technical ability”.