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Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer. He was born blind due to microphthalmia. Tsujii performs extensively, with a large number of conductors and orchestras, and has received critical acclaim for his unique techniques for learning music and performing with an orchestra ...
Premiering in May 2020 on public television in the USA is a documentary about the journey of Nobuyuki Tsujii from his first experiences with music as a child, to his success at local and international competitions, to his debut in 2011 at Carnegie Hall.
Family film footage shows a young Japanese boy excitedly playing a white toy piano. 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.
Nobuyuki Tsujii and his mother Tsujii began formal piano studies with Masahiro Kawakami at the age of 4, and his mother initially helped him to read the music when they went to lessons together. Actually, Kawakami started recording music for Nobu when he was only 7, and for Nobu, music was always fun.
Tsujii was born with a developmental disorder, microphthalmia, in both eyes, rendering him completely blind from birth. But his musical ability and interest manifested as early as two years of age, being able to play tunes on his toy piano that his mother hummed.
Nobuyuki Tsujii has been blind since birth and learnt to play piano by teaching himself nursery rhymes as a child. He's now internationally renowned and has just played Chopin's 2nd piano concerto ...
“Touching The Sound” traces the artistic development of young pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, from his early ability to play piano by ear, undeterred by his lifelong blindness, to his gold medal ...
