Nobuyuki Tsujii on Fuji TV May 25 2020

Our heart-felt thanks to Toyoe Niimi -san on Facebook, who provided a full translation, as follows,

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Since I love playing music so much and am better at expressing my feelings with music than with words, I wish everyone would have a chance to see me playing the piano.

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii(31yo)
World-class pianist, who won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in US in 2009 as the first Japanese winner.

Unfortunately, all his concerts were cancelled or postponed now due to the spread of novel coronavirus infection. During this situation, there are many heartfelt praises for the distribution of several free videos of Mr. Tsujii for telling us something in music.

Here is  one of them. "When You Wish Upon a Star"
Mr. Tsujii playing "When You Wish Upon a Star", theme song of Walt Disney movie Pinocchio
His fans were swept by this superb sound and reacted to his wish expressed through this song.

Comments from the audience
"When I wish upon a star shines a light on this situation."
"Night sky with a lot of twinkling stars comes to my mind and my heart is full of happiness with the clear sound of his playing."
"I don't know why but tears fall. I feel like my mind is soothed."

Everyone in the audience feels the message of Mr. Tsujii from his choice of song, the lyrics, and the sound of his piano.

Mr. Tsujii has listened to "When You Wish Upon a Star" since he was a child, and it is a memorable song for him. When he visited New York in 2016 and jammed at a local jazz club ["Blue notes"] , he performed the piece unrehearsed.

In addition, another video.
"Taking a Deep Breath"　Lyrics
English Translation: Silenka@STAGE48

This one is a song titled "Taking a Deep Breath" composed by a singer-songwriter, Yuichi Ikuzawa and he wrote the song about living together and supporting one another. It is a famous song that Mr. Tsujii previously played on a TV commercial, and so it is a memorable song for him too.

Comments from the audience
"Staying home alone now but connecting with everyone in mind."
"We all relax and take a breath now."

[Nobu says:] "Since music helps me when I have a tough time or bitter experience, I hope everyone enjoy them like being at a concert. I would like to deliver live music at a concert as soon as possible. So, I did this instead."

[Narrator says:] "The power of music also helps himself. Mr. Tsujii told us that playing the piano is something that he can do as a pianistright this moment as the whole world is in a bad state."

[Narrator says:] And now, this is the most praised video after the state of emergency was declared. It is a widely known song "May Spring Come" composed by Yumi Matsutoya. In fact, Mr. Tsujii is playing the song especially for NONSTOP now! Please imagine and enjoy his performance and his wish.