What does choosing the repertoire for an album mean to a musician? Should an artist consider listeners’ diverse tastes? Should they introduce an unfamiliar world and spark curiosity? Or should they guide listeners on an odyssey across a vast musical landscape, united by a coherent artistic vision? These were questions pianist Kim Sae-hyun, 19, posed to himself while planning his debut album. At a press conference held Monday at Credia Classic Club in Jongno District, Seoul, Kim described them as “questions I will have to live with for the rest of my life,” adding that his ultimate goal as a musician is “to contemplate all three and eventually transcend them.” For now, however, the clearest answer for him is simply to follow his heart. The composers his heart led him to were Chopin and Fauré. Kim, who won the Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris last year at the age of 17 by unanimous decision, sweeping the Audience Prize, Critics’ Prize and Paris Special Prize, is set to release his first album just over a year later. Warner Classics’ debut album, “Chopin ·