Nobuyuki Tsujii - Elegy for the victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 with sheet music (available for free in our online Library:
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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,
and his exceptional musical talent has propelled him to become a world
renowned artist. Tsujii performs extensively, with a large number of
conductors and orchestras, and has received critical acclaims as well as
notices for his unique techniques for learning music and performing
with an orchestra while being unable to see.
Tsujii learns new musical works strictly by ear. A 2009 Time article
explains: "Certainly, being blind hasn't made it easy. Tsujii can use
Braille music scores to learn new pieces, but this kind of translation
is usually done by volunteers. Because demand is so low, the variety of
scores available does not meet the needs of a professional performer, so
Tsujii has devised his own method. 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.".
Tsujii said in a 2011 interview, "I learn pieces by listening, but it
doesn't mean I'm copying CDs or another person's interpretation. I ask
my assistants to make a special cassette tape for me. They split the
piece into small sections, such as several bars, and record it (one hand
at a time). I call these tapes 'music sheets for ears.' It takes me a
few days to complete a short piece, but it takes one month to complete a
big sonata or concerto."
In 2017, a reporter from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Monique Schafter, asked Tsujii "How do you stay in time when you can't
see the conductor?" The pianist replied: " By listening to the
conductor's breath and also sensing what's happening around me."
Conductor Bramwell Tovey commented: "He must have very acute hearing,
I'm sure."
Tsujii has an extensive discography. His recordings are now available
worldwide.
Tsujii has performed successfully with numerous orchestras under the
baton of many conductors, both in Japan and abroad.
Piano concertos that Tsujii has performed include: Piano Concerto No. 1
(Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 3
(Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven), Piano Concerto No. 1
(Tchaikovsky), Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto (Grieg),
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff), Piano Concerto No. 3
(Rachmaninoff), Piano Concerto No. 20 (Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 21
(Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 27
(Mozart), Piano Concerto No. 1 (Chopin), Piano Concerto No. 2 (Chopin),
Piano Concerto (Ravel), Piano Concerto No. 1 (Liszt), and Piano Concerto
No. 1 (Shostakovich). He has also performed Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
In addition to being a pianist, Tsujii is a composer.
At age 12, he performed his own composition "Street Corner of Vienna."
In 2010-2011, he composed the theme music for a Japanese film '神様のカルテ
(In His Chart)',[34] for which he was named the 2011 Film Music Artist
by the Japan Film Critics Award. That same year, he also composed the
theme music for a Japanese TV drama 'それでも、生きてゆく (Still We Live On)'.
In June 2011, Japanese figure skating champion Midori Ito performed in a
world event (Master Elite Oberstdorf 2011)[36] to the music of "Whisper
of the River," composed by Tsujii when he was in high school to express
his love for his father after the two took a walk on the Kanda River in
Tokyo.
Tsujii was the music director and composed the theme music for the
Japanese film はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還 The Return of the Hayabusa released in
February 2012. In 2014, he composed the ending theme for the film
'マエストロ(Maestro!)'.
In 2016, Tsujii created and performed the background music for a series
of three animation of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga scrolls produced by Studio
Ghibli for Marubeni Corporation.
Tsujii's 2011 performance of his own composition, "Elegy for the Victims
of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan", is widely viewed on the
Internet.
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