As year 2020 draws to a close amid a pandemic that reminds everyone just how fleeting things are, this is a nice little vignette about how Nobuyuki Tsujii's performances make a lasting impression.
Allegro HD a South America classical music site, has been graciously posting on Twitter video extracts from the debut of Nobuyuki Tsujii in Carnegie Hall (2013). The latest one, on December 12 2020, is of Nobu performing Beethoven's "Tempest" sonata
https://twitter.com/AllegroHD/status/1337879906269732868<--click to watch video
https://twitter.com/MauriceMartin01/status/1338017495626768389
NobuyukiTsujii pianiste Japonais nous offre un récital avec cette "Tempest Sonata" de #Beethoven .
Magnifique interprétation
Je vous souhaite à tous une excellente journée
Haut les cœur
[Translated from French]
Hello Japanese pianist NobuyukiTsujii offers us a recital with this "Tempest Sonata" by
#Beethoven. Wonderful interpretation. I wish you all a great day. From the top of my heart.
Un très grand pianiste, qui est totalement imprégné par la musique, quand il joue nous avons cette impression que tout son corps est en mouvement, comme si il était emporté par les notes
[Translated from French]
To which another French twitter responded
https://twitter.com/GigiB07/status/1338059952624164865
j’etais dans la salle lors des répétitions et du concert
Respect pour cet artiste qui est extraordinaire, ses doigts virevoltent sur les touches
A very great pianist who came to play in Cannes in 2011 with the PACA orchestra and it was a great moment of happiness. I was in the hall during rehearsals and the concert. Respect for this artist who is extraordinary, his fingers twirl on the keys.
With a photo of Nobu and orchestra on stage in the Théâtre Claude Debussy.
I happen to have two photos in my archival library of that little-known performance that took place in 2011. The first one is the same as the one posted by twitter GigiB07/, taken at a rehearsal; and the second one shows the audience reacting enthusiastically after the performance -- some on their feet.
I have always lamented that so little was heard about it, so it's especially heartening to hear from someone who was there and who was clearly impressed.
It is a privilege to be at a live performance of Nobuyuki Tsujii.
UPDATE Dec 13 2020Merci infiniment à vous et Nobuyuki Tsujii n’est pas seulement un pianiste, pas seulement un artiste, il est aussi un magicien qui sublime les notes de musique
[translated] Thank you very much; and Nobuyuki Tsujii is not only a pianist, not only an artist, he is also a magician who sublimates musical notes
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