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In addition to being a pianist, Tsujii is a composer. At age 12, he performed his own composition "Street Corner of Vienna". [6] He has since released numerous albums of his own compositions. He is also a film music composer and the 2011 recipient of the Japan Film Critics Award for Film Music.
The night before the concert, BBC Radio 3 aired some bravura works for solo piano by Liszt and Chopin, played by Tsujii, whetting the listener’s appetite for his concert the following evening. This year being the 150 th birth anniversary of Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943), the spotlight ...
Oct 18, 2022 · He is Nobuyuki Tsujii, now a major international soloist. The story of this remarkable pianist, who has been blind from birth, is told through an audio-described documentary, commissioned by B:Music ahead of Nobuyuki’s first recital at Town Hall Birmingham.
Nov 18, 2009 · A team of pianists records scores along with specific codes and instructions written by composers, which Tsujii listens to and practices until he learns and perfects each piece.
Sep 13, 2024 · Tsujii won first prize at the “All Japan Music of Blind Students” by the Tokyo Helen Keller Association, in 1995, and three years later gave his debut with The Century Orchestra Osaka. And he quickly gave his first piano recital in the small hall of Tokyo’s Suntory Hall at age 12.
Oct 20, 2024 · His solo repertoire includes music by Franz Liszt, a 19th century pianist and composer renowned for his technically showy music. Since debuting in Tokyo at the age of 12 in 1999, Tsujii has performed on the world’s biggest stages including New York's Carnegie Hall and at the world's biggest classical music festival, the BBC Proms.
“ The 24-year-old Japanese pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, has been blind from birth. Quite how he studies and learns the repertoire he plays, and also so effortlessly locates the keys he needs to negotiate, is to be wondered at.
