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Continued from Notable web postings - July 2020
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August 22 Suntory Hall Tchai 1 with Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival
Nobuyuki Tsujii 2020 "The Best" Recital Tour in September and the Ark Classics at Suntory Hall in October seem to be going ahead!
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Posted on Nobu's official instagram account
Nobuyuki Tsujii 辻井伸行 will appear as a guest this Sunday Aug 30 14:00 (Japan time) on the "Oketalk" show of cellist Mari Endo , seen on her YouTube channel
I believe the show can be seen afterward as a video on the channel
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August 28 We now have a cover photo of the upcoming Nobuyuki Tsujii CD "to Smile". Nobu, wearing a blue short-sleeve shirt and white slacks, is seen seated on a white sand beach under a blue sky. The CD tracks are a mix of classical and popular music designed to sooth the hearts beleaguered by #COVID19. The release date is September 30. Details at 2020 CD "For a day when you can meet with a smile"
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August 24 A twitter posted a link to this video of #VladimirAshkenazy performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 3 in Tokyo in 1989. "When I watch him conduct this work with Nobuyuki Tsujii [Sydney 2016 work https://youtube.com/watch?v=s3iWGaXQEaM], I am deeply moved."
Mo. Ashkenazy retired from public early this year. A profound loss in what turns out to be a year of profound losses :-( :-(
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August 23 Three Tokyo performances announced for October Premium Recital
Twitter Shinobu shared the news -
10.8 (Thurs) 14:00 Hamarikyu Asahi Hall
10.14 (Wed) 19:00 Kioi Hall
10.15 (Thu) 19:00Kioi Hall
Tickets on sale September 05 (Saturday)
The Ticketspace announcement confirms that the program is as before: 3 sonatas, including Waldstein.
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Saturday Aug 22 The concert is on
Nobu has not lost his magic touch. Read comments at Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival Aug 22 2020 No encores have been mentioned in posts, so I assume there were none, which is understandable under the new normal.
Twitter sunsoon was at Suntory Hall
"ああ、ココロと身体中の細胞が生き返った…‼
#サントリーホール
#太田弦
#戸澤采紀
#佐藤晴真
#辻井伸行
Oh, the heart and the cells in the body have revived...‼
#Suntory Hall #Zen Ota #Yuki Tozawa #Haruma Sato #Nobuyuki Tsujii"
Twitter sunsoon posted a lengthy thread of her impression, including that "The conductor Mr. Ota does not look at Mr. Tsujii during the performance, and they only listen to each other's sounds and have a sense of trust. In the first movement, there is a thrilling passage where the tempo suddenly rises up to the level of Gergiev. Of course, Mr. Tsujii's Mion's piano echoed without danger even at super speed. " The entire thread and other comments can be read at Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival Aug 22 2020
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⚡️This Saturday Aug 22 in Japan, 辻井伸行 Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Tchai 1 with #読響 Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in -- his first orchestral performance since #COVID19 outbreak!
SOLD OUT 3 Great Concerto concert.
Our very best wishes on great success!🙏💐
More at Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival Aug 22 2020
Evelyn on Twitter expressed concern:
"Will there be a live audience? Hopefully a virtual one. Will masks be used? altho that's tough for brass and woodwinds.... And Nobu listens to breathing of conductor for timing... I'm worried."
Speaking like a true fan! I share her concern, but The Japanese have great respect for each other, and especially for Nobu. I also looked up the orchestra's page that spells out the safety measures
https://yomikyo.or.jp/concert/2020/01/2020-5.php
https://yomikyo.or.jp/kansensyotaisaku.php
Part of the concert's proceeds will be donated to the "Corona Medical Assistance Fund." All attendees are requested to wear face masks and unmasked peoole will be refused entrance to the concert hall. Body temperature will be checked for admission. There will be no handing out of concert programs. Cloak room and concessions are closed. "Even if you wear a mask, please keep your 'Bravo' in your heart ." The orchestra sells a towel that says "Bravo" that can be raised "to enjoy the summer festival feeling." There will be no visitors to backstage.
We will see
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♪ August 22 Excitement is mounting for Nobu's performance with the Yomikyo orchestra tomorrow Sat 8.22. This blogger https://blog.goo.ne.jp/t…/e/dead84123b58b60e3d0a163d4c13ce07 went to concert on the 19th, and reports that the audience as well as the orchestra were half-sized. The blogger will be at tomorrow's performance as well, "especially attractive because Mr. Nobuyuki Tsujii will play the piano." The orchestra sells a towel to be held up in lieu of shouting 'bravo' (photo below)
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August 21 www.instagram.com/p/CEKI8jjA-Ay/ Short notice, but It seems Nobu will be on a Tokyo radio show Saturday. "My dear friend & world class pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, will be gracing my Saturday morning radio show! Do send us your questions and requests via ‘Peace of Mind〜Saturday Mornings with Sarah Àlainn https://tfm.co.jp/peace/
UPDATE: According to twitter sunsoon, a recording of the show is to air 9/12 (Sat) 8:30
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August 21
Instagram by Mrs. Itsuko Tsujii https://instagram.com/p/CEISz2VD43i/
With photo of "My favorite disinfectant spray, a must-have item for a concert at Suntory tomorrow!"
お気に入りのイオンミスト
うがいも出来る安全な除菌ミスト、明日はサントリーでコンサートなので必須アイテムです！#IELU
Nobu performs Tchai 1 with the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra on Saturday August 22.
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August 20 news
Nobuyuki Tsujii's 2020 premium recital, featuring a program of Beethoven sonatas, was to take place back in July. Tickets for the performances were selling out quickly, when the concerts were called off due to Covid-19. But now, it seems the recitals are coming back, and soon (this October), with reduced seating. For now, one performance in Nagoya (Oct 9) has been set, with further performances in Tokyo and Osaka, etc., to be announced.
October is shaping up to be a busy time for Nobu, with the current schedule looking as follows
October 2-4 Ark Classics at Suntory Hall
October 9 - ? Premium Recitals
Oct 23 (Baden Casino), Oct 25 (Musikverein Wein), Nov 4 (Musikverein Wein), Rach 2 with Tonkunslter Orchestra & Yutaka Sado
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This classy GOTHENBURG SYMPHONY & POINT MUSIC FESTIVAL (May 15 - 18 2020) posting, sadly moot, showed up in my news search today & brought a fresh pang to my heart💔 It would have been the Sweden debut of Nobuyuki Tsujii. We have lost so much due to the pandemic. In search of Lost Time: canceled concerts of Nobuyuki Tsujii
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Hey, see the subtitle on this YouTube screen (image below)? It's generated automatically! Perhaps you already know the trick, but I didn't, and it is thanks to twitter Evelyn who passed on the tip. Details at How to ask YouTube to generate English subtitles
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The September issue of Japan's Chopin Magazine commemorates Nikolai Kapustin, with comments by pianists including Masahiro Kawakami, Marc-André Hamelin & Nobuyuki Tsujii. Mr. Kawakami also mentioned the publication, at https://www.masahiro-kawakami.com/archives/3296
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August 15 2020 .... Instagram from Mrs. Tsujii, with photos of son Nobuyuki Tsujii swimming in a pool.
暑中お見舞い申し上げます！
コロナがなければ今頃はマヨルカでコンサートでした😭
海外公演が全て中止なので
こんな長いお休みは初めて…
大好きな水泳でリフレッシュ🏊♂️
"If there were no corona, it would be a concert in Mallorca at this time 😭All overseas performances have been canceled so it's his first time to take such a long break... Refreshing with his favorite swimming."
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August 15 2020 .... Nostalgia -- A blogger just finished reading the novel 『羊と鋼の森』 "Dreams of Lamb" that was made into a 2018 film in Japan. Nobuyuki Tsujii performed the ending theme composed by renowned composer Joe Hisaishi. The premier of the movie was attended by Japan's former royal couple, who graciously paid special attention to Nobu. Story at Joe Hisaishi and Nobuyuki Tsujii first collaboration
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♪ August 11 "Chasing Chopin" reviewed by Jeremy Denk in the New York Times
As previously mentioned, Nobuyuki Tsujii figures in a new book by Annik LaFarge, "Chasing Chopin" , just published this month (August 2020) by Simon & Schuster, a major publisher.
Congratulations to Annik for a positive review posted by pianist and writer Jeremy Denk, which appears on August 11 in the New York Times.
More about the book can be found on my blog at Nobuyuki Tsujii figures in a new book "Chasing Chopin"
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August 12 2020
Nobuyuki Tsujii is mentioned in a blog post of the Pianist Magazine "What Is Frisson And What Role Does It Play In Music". The articles cites "5 live piano performances to give you goose bumps", by Kathia Buniatishvili , Nobuyuki Tsujii, Nikolai Lugansky, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, respectively.
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New YouTube video Nobuyuki Tsujii 2015 Improvisation 'Prayer-August 9, Nagasaki'
By request, a new YouTube video "Nobuyuki Tsujii 2015 Improvisation 'Prayer-August 9, Nagasaki' " .
On August 7 2015, Nobu held a "Music of Hope" free concert at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb.
Twitter Evelyn Chorush was looking for a video that she had seen: "Nobu wrote a beautiful simple heartbreaking piece that he quietly played for the congregation... ending with his hands raised as though in prayer for the victims of this obscenity. " We could not find that video, so I extracted the footage from a documentary and uploaded it.
Story at "Nobuyuki Tsujii & Friends" commemorative concert Nagasaki 2015
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Nobuyuki Tsujii participates in a new Peter Rosen Film
In these uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, I am happy to share this welcome news that affirms Nobuyuki Tsujii as a world-class pianist.
Nobu has a role in a brand new documentary by Peter Rosen. The film, "Rachmaninoff Revisited", is described as follows:
"Rachmaninoff Revisited" is the first comprehensive biography of the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. (1873-1943). Featuring commentary and performances by today's most respected pianists, this is a story of overcoming severe hardships and eventual redemption through the power of music."
In the film, Nobu is among a long list of eminent pianists being interviewed, a list that includes Denis Masuev, Yefim Bronfman, Mikhail Pletnev, Olga Kern, Valentina Lisitsa, Berry Douglas, and Anna Fedorova.
More at Nobuyuki Tsujii participates in a new Peter Rosen Film
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Sept 5 TV appearance
Nobuyuki Tsujii will be featured on the long-running TV show 題名のない音楽会 "Daimei" (Untitled concert), on 2020.09.05
「辻井伸行がベートーヴェンの三大ソナタを弾く音楽会」
日本の主要コンサートホールでのツアーをはじめ、アメリカ・ドイツ・スイス、イギリスなど数多くの国々でリサイタルやオーケストラとの共演を行う、世界的ピアニストの辻井伸行。今回は辻井さんが今年生誕250年を迎えたベートーヴェンの「三大ソナタ」と称えられる傑作「月光」「悲愴」「熱情」に辻井さんが独自の解釈でオリジナルの曲名を付け、演奏します。
"A concert where Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Beethoven's three major sonatas"
Nobuyuki Tsujii is a world-class pianist who has performed in major concert halls in Japan and has performed recitals and with orchestras in numerous countries such as the United States, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This time, in honor of Beethoven's 250th birthday, Mr. Tsujii will discuss & play the composer's "Three Great Sonatas": "Moonlight", "Pathetic" and "Appasionata.
Given the limited length of the program, I believe only parts of each sonata will be played.
UPDATE: Nobu is now listed as the featured guest two weeks in a row. According to twitter sunsoon, the full "Moonlight" sonata will be played on the second week, Sept 12
More at Nobuyuki Tsujii on Untitled Concert Sept 5 & 12
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August 7 NEW ON YouTUBE
辻井さん in ドイツ スタインウェイピアノ工場 Nobuyuki Tsujii at Steinway Piano Factory
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♪ August 5 "One of the pianists does not need the music sheet"
A comment posted to the YouTube video Nobuyuki Tsujii plays MOZART sonata for 2 pianos,2017,
with footage of Nobu and his pianist friend Jean Michel Kim playing the first movement of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D, K. 448, in Paris' Salle Érard
視力のある人は楽譜を追わなければならない❕❔…それが負担となって、逆にハンデになるのかも？？
[The one with eyesight has to follow the score ❕❔… It becomes a burden. Who then has a handicap? ]
Another comment, in English:
"One of the pianists does not need the music sheet"
To which I replied:
-) And no worries about page-turning! I once saw Nobu in rehearsal with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The conductor at one point said let's do [a certain section] over again. Nobu started at once while the orchestra members were still flipping pages -- the conductor had to tell Nobu to wait; everybody laughed, including Nobu
And, I posted this quote as a comment
"It is only with the heart that one can see properly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
**A tale of two cities: Tickets come on sale for an August 2020 concert in Tokyo; sales postpned for a May 2021 U.K. recital--
♪ August 4 Tickets for August 22 Suntory Hall concert coming on sale today
Posted by the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra (読売日本交響楽団, nickname 読響 )
明日8月4日（火）10時から、8月にサントリーホールで開催する「大成建設 Presents 読響サマーフェスティバル2020《三大交響曲》《三大協奏曲》」のチケットを販売します。政府及び都などのガイドラインに則り、客席数は各会場の半数以下の1000人以下とします。お客様にも感染症対策へのご協力を何卒よろしくお願いいいたします。...。
8月22日（土）《三大協奏曲》では、3人の日本人ソリストが次々に登場し、有名曲を披露します。ソロを務めるのは、日本音楽コンクールで最年少優勝したヴァイオリンの新鋭・戸澤采紀、ミュンヘン国際コンクールに優勝して注目を浴びるチェロの佐藤晴真、海外での経験を重ねて芸術性を深めるピアニストの辻井伸行の3人。的確なバトンで定評のある太田弦が指揮します。チケットはS席8,500円、A席7,000円（税込）。... ※ご来場に際しては、「感染予防対策へのご協力のお願い」をご覧ください。
Tickets for "Three Great Symphonies" and "Three Great Concertos" will be released tomorrow
2020.8. 3
Tickets come on sale tomorrow Aug 4 Tuesday 10AM for "Taisei Construction Presents Yomiura Nippon Symphony Orchestra Summer Festival 2020 'Three Great Symphonies' 'Three Great Concertos' " to be held at Suntory Hall in August. In keeping with the guidelines of the governments, the number of seats occupied will be less than half at the venue, less than 1000. We would like to ask our customers for their cooperation in measures against infectious diseases....
Saturday, August 22 "Three Great Concertos" . Three Japanese soloists will appear one after another and perform masterpieces. The soloists are: Riki Tozawa, the youngest violin winner of the Japan Music Competition; cellist Haruma Sato, who has won the Munich International Competition; and Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist who has deepened his experience overseas. Conducted by Tsuru Ota, who has a well-established reputation for his precise baton. Tickets are S seat 8,500 yen, A seat 7,000 yen (tax included)...
*Please see "Request for Cooperation in Infection Prevention Measures" before visiting .
♪ August 3 Liverpool recital tickets NOT coming on sale August 3
ONWARD & FORWARD! Nobuyuki Tsujii was to perform a recital in Liverpool U.K. this May, which has been postponed to May 24 and this time to take place in the large concert hall of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic -- Schubert impromptus, Scriabin sonata, Chopin ballades.
General ticket sale Monday 3 August 10am.
See recital in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Last month, the concert was listed as among "most popular" on the orchestra's site.
Image: Liverpool Phil page for the recital now says "Please note that tickets for this concert are not currently on sale."
Last month, the same page says "General Sale Monday 3 August 10am"
Ah, Nobu's Schubert impromptu -- if you haven't heard it, check out the 2nd piece on this video
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays 2 great impromptus, June 2020
♪ August 3 Our beloved Nobuyuki Tsujii is getting ... mythicized!
Posted today on the SeeItLive site
https://seeitlive.co/blind-pianist-sheds-tears/
Incredible blind pianist sheds tears as he plays in honor of Japan’s Tsunami victims
August 3rd, 2020
Music can create such moving experiences, especially when you play a deeply emotional piece like the pianist in this video. This musician puts his heart and soul into the 88 keys on the piano at Carnegie Hall, while playing a beautiful tribute to the victims of the Tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011.
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It’s impossible not to be touched by an artist with so much compassion—it’s like the music is crying right along with him.
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The performance in honor of Japan’s tsunami victims has been viewed over 31.5 million times, with 341,000 people liking it.
Over 19,000 viewers also left comments
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