“Jimin Oh-Havenith takes us on a wonderful journey through the works of Johannes Brahms. She demonstrates a rare sensitivity. Nothing sounds artificial, but all the nuances are reproduced in the finest detail.

The variations are very convincing. She gives each one its color, its weight and its delicately exfoliated structure. Her interpretations of the Ballads are excellent. She never loses herself in details, she always plays with the whole in mind and creates an atmosphere that does full justice to the work with cleverly constructed melodic arcs, subtle differentiations, and sensitive sound colorations.

Often heard in serious and sometimes boring interpretations, the Piano Pieces Op. 76 show no restraint: O-Havenith breathes new life into this music and brings a lot of verve to the waltzes.

In the late pieces, which by no means sound serene, the interesting differences in color are pleasing and make the music very moving..”

(Remy Franck, | pizzicato.lu| November 2025)