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Won-Sik Lim (1919--2002) was a Korean symphonic conductor. He received formal musical training in Tokyo University before World War II and later at a Russian school in Manchuria. He traveled to the United States in the late 1940's and was a student of Dean Dixon at the Julliard School and also worked under Serge Koussevitzky at Tanglewood. Lim was considered to be a well-respected conductor who was responsible for establishing a foundation for symphonic tradition in the South Korea. He served as music director at both the Inchon City Symphony and the director for Korean Broadcast Service in Seoul.

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Los Angeles Times Article: 1990-09-21 Foreign-Exchange Conductor : Orchestra: Korean Won-Sik Lim will lead the Garden Grove Symphony on Saturday, while the community group's own Edward Peterson will travel to Korea in November to return the favor. Los Angeles Times