On March 17th, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performed at the Rockport Opera House. Maine was his third to last stop on his North American tour and I had the honor and pleasure of assisting Peter Rosen Productions in the filming of an upcoming movie on this remarkable musician.
Nobuyuki Tsujii was a joint gold medal winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn Award and the subject of two earlier Peter Rosen Productions movies (A Surprise in Texas, and Nobuyuki Tsujii, Live at Carnegie Hall, both are extraordinary films). Nobuyuki’s Rockport performance, a program of Debussy and Chopin, was a magnificent display of his incredible talent, skill and musicianship. He dedicated the performance to Van Cliburn who recently passed away, and to the victims and families of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The concert concluded with a piece he composed in memory of the victims of the disaster.
If ever you have the opportunity to see Nobuyuki Tsujii perform, consider yourself lucky if you can get tickets and go…Spectacular!
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Hi, Dave Clough,
I stumbled onto this wonderful blog post today when I was looking for news on Nobuyuki Tsujii. What a find this is!
I am possibly the biggest fan of his in the world 🙂 I have met him in person many times and attended 10 of his live performances. I agree with you 100% – it is a privilege to be at his concerts.
I was very disappointed about the lack of publicity on his last tour in our country (U.S.) in March. Somehow I didn’t find your blog when I looked everyday last month. I will definitely mention this blog post on the web (blog, tweet, facebook) – I do have a few readers.
This is a happy day. Thank you, thank you!!
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