Dr. Claire-Chung Lim is a prominent musician experienced in solo and, more recently, chamber music. Dr. Lim has enjoyed great success at many renowned competitions, winning 1st place playing solo at the Brahms Piano Competition and 3rd place Sion International Duo Competition in chamber music.
Her numerous accomplishments have been featured several times in the Strad Magazine, Boston Globe and the Korean-American Newspaper. Claire also gave a broadcasted performance on Suisse-Espace 2, a radio television station based in Switzerland, WFMT Chicago Classical Music Radio Station, WUOL Louisville Radio Station, and WCRB Boston Classical Music channel.
Dr. Lim earned her doctoral degree in Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music at Boston University, where she attended with a full scholarship. Previously, Dr. Lim graduated from New England Conservatory of Music, where she received dual master degrees in Solo Piano Performance nad Collaborative Piano Performance, respectively with full scholarship and honors. She is also a graduate of Seoul National University where she graduated at the top of her class with summa cum laude.
As a member of Duo Davvero, a team she formed in 2014, Dr. Lim has devoted much of her late career to collaborative music. Following her successful debut as a chamber musician at Sion International Duo Competition in Switzerland, Ms. Lim was invited to participate in Académie de Musique Lausanne Violin-Piano Duo Masterclass by Maerstro Pierre Amoyal and Maestro Robert Levin in Lausanne, Switzerland, where her team won the Best Duo Performance prize. The duo’s concert was subsequently broadcast on Suisse-Espace 2, a radio-television station in Switzerland.
Aside from Duo Davvero, Dr. Lim has collaborated with many great artists at numerous world renowned venues, including, among others, Jordan Hall, Carnegie Hall, Griffin Auditorium, Harvard University, Tufts University, Princeton University, Boston University, New England Conservatory, University of Vermont, Elmira College, Banff Centre (Canada), Laussane Academie(Switzerland), Prague Conservatory (Czech), and Shanghai Conservatory (China). Dr. Lim also collaborates regularly with the New England Conservatory teaching studios of Paul Katz, Natasha Brofsky, Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried and Laurence Lesser, appearing in many concerts throughout New England with repertoire such as the complete Beethoven cello sonatas and the violin, viola and cello sonatas of Johannes Brahms.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lim has served as a collaborative pianist and associate faculty at, among others, Tanglewood Music Festival, Killington Music Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute, Banff Centre, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival and Music Academy of the West.
Dr. Lim served a staff and faculty position at both New England Conservatory and New England Conservatory Preparatory School previously. She is currently a visiting assistant professor in Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music department at Indiana University Bloomington.