Notable web postings June 2020

Continued from Notable web postings - May 2020

Upcoming Concerts

Most upcoming concerts in year 2020 have been cancelled/postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic:-( :-(

♪ Nobuyuki Tsujii online salon concert this month NOT AVAILABLE OUTSIDE JAPANThe Avex management team of Nobuyuki Tsujii has kindly replied to my inquiry, although the reply is not what I wanted to hear:

".... As you pointed out, this online concert cannot be viewed from outside of Japan - As you already know, you can actually hear from outside of Japan, but you'll need Japanese mobile number to buy tickets.

There are some technical difficulties in making online concerts available who are outside of Japan, and solving these problems proved to be a slow process. We are deeply aware that the fact that people outside of Japan cannot see this concert is a problem. However, for now, we thought it was important to start the concert anyway, so we prioritized time over solving the problem.

It's a pity that you can't listen to this online concert outside of Japan, but we will examine the problems we found in this online concert and try to make it possible to listen to future online concerts outside of Japan.

Thank you for your understanding. And, please stay tuned for more online concerts in the future."

So, we are out of luck for now :-( :-( That scream you hear is mine.

♪ June 27 "Today would have been Nobuyuki Tsujii's recital at @wigmore_hall"

Tweeted by Chloé Nelkin Consulting

Today would have been Nobuyuki Tsujii's recital at @wigmore_hall

 as part of the @AvexRecitals

 so, we're throwing it back to Nobu's stunning 2017 performance at Kioi Hall, Tokyo!

with a clip from that performance.

The last time Nobu performed in Wigmore Hall was in 2017 -- it really seems like a lifetime ago.

And it is hard to see when I would have the opportunity to do that again anytime soon.

BTW Nobu was to play Beethoven's "Waldstein" & "Hammerklavier at the Wigmore.

♪ June 27 "May Spring Come!"

This video, posted by AvexClassics, of Nobu playing a famous Japanese song "May spring come" by Yumin 松任谷由実 , has chalked up over 1 million views in one month.

It just now occurred to me that the yearning for spring reflects our desperate yearning to return to post-COVID normality

♪ June 26  A flyer for the newly announced Nobuyuki Tsujii 2020 "The Best" Recital Tour

TicketSpace has posted a page for the tour at https://www.ints.co.jp/tsujii-the-best.html

With a flyer that uses a decade-old photo, but, hey, it's good to see again a NEW concert poster for Nobu !

♪ June 25 Urgently decided: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2020 "The Best" Recital Tour

These are extraordinary times.

It is June 25 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic is still rampant in many parts of the world, but apparently things are sufficiently under control in Japan that a new tour for Nobu has just been announced, on dates and in venues in September previously set for the now cancelled Japan Tour with Vasily Petrenko & RLPO.

The announcement (in Japanese) is here, and seems to be put together in haste

https://avex.jp/tsujii/live/tour.php?id=1001893

[Translated from Japanese]

Concert

Nobuyuki Tsujii Piano Recital THE BEST

In order to maintain social distance, the number of seats is limited to 50% of the capacity, and in a super luxurious space, you can fully enjoy the charm of Nobuyuki Tsujii's piano!

Nobuyuki Tsujii shows off best piano masterpieces one after another!

A masterpiece recital with the challenge of a special program has been urgently decided!

4 shows are listed for now, in Fukuoka, Tokyo, & Kawasaki; with Osaka & Nogoya to come.

The program includes many of the pieces that Nobu plays at the ongoing .Online Salon Concert

More at Urgently decided: Nobuyuki Tsujii 2020 "The Best" Recital Tour

♪ June 24 "I look forward to a day to travel to Europe again!"

Instagram by Mrs. Itsuko Tsujii posted this early morning in Japan:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CByzGmMj6HT/

バカラ、サンルイのグラスはベルリンの

アンティークショップで…シルバーの足付きトレーはロンドンの蚤の市で購入したもの。

今年の海外公演が中止ですが早く収束して

ヨーロッパに行ける日を願ってます！

"[These] glasses are from a Berlin antique shop... the silver tray from a flea market in London. This year's overseas performances have been canceled. I look forward to a day to travel to Europe again!"

I posted a comment:

Mrs. Tsujii: Yes, I too look forward to seeing Nobu perform in Europe again. Sadly the Carnegie Hall recital in December has been canceled, and I completely understand that perhaps Nobu-kun should not be coming to the U.S. any time soon. But we sure wish we are allowed to view his online salon concert.

♪ June 24 New special release "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"

NEW track release "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" -- on sale June 24.

This is said to be a "special release."

https://avex.jp/tsujii/discography/

フォスター：金髪のジェニー

[配信限定]  フォスター：金髪のジェニー

2020.06.24  配信限定 

01 フォスター：金髪のジェニー

2020.06.24 Limited distribution: Foster:  Jenny of golden hair

A track sample can be listened to by clicking on the circle on this page https://ototoy.jp/_/default/p/566876 

The Nobuyuki Tsujii 辻井伸行official YouTube Channel posted a video about this, but it seems to be unavailable to me.

I sure hope this is not another item that is unavailable to those of us outside Japan!!???  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGpMrXMWs8

(It has had NO views, so perhaps it's a case of technical problem, but I am concerned about those of us outside Japan being shut out from Nobu's performances. Simon Rattle predicted that the music business would become more localized in the wake of #COVID19, but I hope NOT like that!)

UPDATE: The video now has had some views but it is still not available to me -- I am afraid this is another item that is not available outside Japan.

UPDATE: The video is now available and open for comments.  All is well :-)

♪ June 18 "Cliburn doubles the prize money"

"Cliburn doubles the prize money", article posted on the "Slipped Disc" blog of  U.K. music writer Norman Lebrecht

https://slippedisc.com/2020/06/cliburn-doubles-the-prize-money/ 

I left this comment, which may or may not be posted by Mr. Lebrecht:

It is always a pleasure to see that priceless photo of the late great Mr. Van Cliburn bestowing a gold medal on my beloved pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, at the 2009 Cliburn Competition.

I am grateful to the Cliburn for what the competition has done to raise the profile of pianists such as Nobu, whom I most likely would otherwise never know about.

As a point of interest: Nobu has been giving a series of online salon concert in Japan this month (June 2020),

streamed in real time but not available to those of us overseas.

They have done well enough to crash the server last Sunday, and an additional unplanned appearance has been added in July.

I wish the Cliburn Competition great success next May! (And that would take place before the postponed Tokyo Olympics.)

It is good that this photo of Nobu receiving the medal from Mr. Cliburn has now become an icon of the competition.

♪ June 18 "Online concert well received; additional performance decided!"

Posted by ePlus, which has been streaming Nobu's online concert this month

https://eplus.jp/sf/word/0000143642

「辻井伸行 オンライン・サロンコンサート」大好評を受けて豪華ゲストを迎えた追加公演が決定！

7/4 sat 辻井伸行×三浦文彰

ブラームス : ヴァイオリン・ソナタ第1番《雨の歌》

フランク : ヴァイオリン・ソナタ

"Nobuyuki Tsujii Online Salon Concert" has been well received, and an additional performance with a luxurious guest has been decided!

7/4 sat Nobuyuki Tsujii and Fumiaki Miura

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 《Rain Song》

Franck: Violin Sonata

Unfortunately, this additional show will also be unavailable to those of us outside Japan

♪ June 18 "Fantasy Impromptu"

This Instagram mentions the performance of the "Fantasy Imromptu', with a screen-grab taken during the performance (with the 'song' title displayed on screen).

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkjYC_pLAx/

火曜の晩、聴けなくなってしまうのが惜しくて、寝落ちしながら最後の瞬間まで幻想即興曲を聴きました。

たくさんのショパンの名曲の演奏があって、どの曲も素晴らしかったけど、なぜか幻想即興曲なのです。。 辻井さん自身のMCで、小学生で耳コピ完璧！だったと紹介されて会場からもため息が漏れていました。

当時の指導者の川上 昌裕先生も驚かれたそうです。

久しぶりに弾いたという幻想即興曲。

当時との違いも知りたい。

調べたところによるとショパン自身は、この名曲を気に入っておらず友人に自分の没後、決して世に出さないで欲しいと願ったそうです。

世に出て、こうして辻井さんの演奏で聴くことができて、本当に良かった。

今回のオンラインコンサートは、辻井さんの息遣いまで聞こえて本当に間近で鑑賞しているような感覚になります。すごく贅沢。

まだ鑑賞されていない方、本当におすすめです。

イープラス 辻井伸行で検索してみてください😻

Tuesday night ... I listened to the "fantasy impromptu" until I fell asleep.

The performance had many Chopin's masterpieces, and those songs were also wonderful. .. In Tsujii-san's own talking, he said he learned this piece by ear to perfection while in elementary school, It wa a hit and he could hear the sighing from the audience. It seems that the teacher at that time, Mr. Masahiro Kawakami, was also astounded.

He has played the 'Fantasy Impromptu' for a long time.

I also want to know the difference from that time.

According to a write-up, Chopin himself hoped that his friends, who loved this masterpiece, would never pubish it ouafter his death.

It was really nice that it was published and  to be able to listen to Mr. Tsujii's performance of it

This online concert is like listening to Mr. Tsujii's breath and feeling as if  watching him up close. What lusxyrt

If you haven't watched it again, I really recommend it.

Search E-Plus Nobuyuki Tsujii

The ePlus streaming of last Sunday concert is no longer available even in Japan, and  it was never available outside Japan.

I did have the privilege of hearing the performance from a source that cannot be shared.  It was the "Fantasy Impromptu" as I expected from Nobu: shimmering quick-silver delivery of the fast-tempo outer sections, and velvety dreamy section of the middle section.  I really hope we will get to see a video of this performance, some day. 

For a good write-up on this piece, please see this posting from the Fryderiyk Chopin Institute OR another posting by Hyperion.

♪ June 16 I have had the fortune of hearing the Fantasie Impromptu

Is it just my imagination that 辻井伸行 Nobuyuki Tsujii looks more relaxed than ever at his online salon concert? (photo source https://www.instagram.com/p/CBhIdKXJKou/)

And I have just had the fortune of hearing (but not seeing) the Fantasie Impromptu -- I implore @avexclassics_jp to make the video available worldwide!  WE WILL PAY!

♪ June 16 "1800 Yen is too cheap!"

The irony of this tweet is almost too much for us to bear ...

https://twitter.com/blackpikkoro/status/1272827419032862721

21日の 辻井伸行のオンラインコンサート 彼の得意なリストを弾くみたいだ。 そういえばラカンパネラ 凄かったな。 チケット1800円て安すぎだろ

"Nobuyuki Tsujii online salon concert on June 21 seems to feature his favorite Liszt works, including La Campanella. 1800 Yen [fee for viewing] is too cheap."

Yes, some of us outside Japan would gladly pay for the privilege of viewing these online concerts, but cannot because we cannot sign up without a Japan mobile number.

Then again, judging from the technical problem experience on the second night last Suday June 14 -- when the ePlus streaming server crashed due to overwhelming access -- opening up the access worldwide might not be technically feasible.  We hope to be able to see the recordings on YouTube -- we will gladly pay!

I sent in a request to Nobu's Avex management team along that line.  We can only hope.

♪ June 16 More photos from the May 31 Post-Pandemic Music Aid Fest

This twitter just got around to watching a recording of the event, and shared some screen-grabs.

https://twitter.com/mlliu2006/status/1272942857087680512

I especially like this photo of Nobu at the piano. He is wearing a light-blue long-sleeve shirt, open collar, and smiling happily as he plays.

♪ June 25 ARK Classics concerts tickets coming on sale

More good signs from Japan --

Sunsoon tweeted:

https://twitter.com/sunsoon16/status/1276360875209748481

サントリーホール主催公演。 チケットスペースの先行発売の他に、サントリーホール会員向け先行もあり

パプリックビューイングは今年どうなるのでしょう。無理かな…

Performance hosted by Suntory Hall. In addition to the advance sale of ticket space, there is also advance sale for Suntory Hall members

What will happen to Public Viewing this year? Impossible…

I replied:

I am happy to hear that concerts really seem to be coming back in Japan! I don't see why the public viewing cannot happen -- it's held outdoors; people in Japan are accustomed to wearing face masks anyway, and physical distancing can be observed if number of audience is limited.

♪ June 25 Will it happen? Nobuyuki Tsujii's UK tour with the Tonkünstler-Orchester & YutakaSado Oct 26-Nov 2 2020

Yesterday's announcement of a new recital tour for Nobu in Japan has rekindled a glimmer of hope that we may be able to see Nobuyuki Tsujii in live performances again this fall, with a sumptuous program that includes Ravel's concerto & CHOPIN's Spinato & Grande Polonaise.

I took a look at the orchestra's site just now, and the tour is currently listed without cancellation notice, https://www.tonkuenstler.at/en/tickets/events/great-britain-tour-2020-london#49408

What are the chances? Please see Will it happen? Nobuyuki Tsujii's UK tour with the Tonkünstler-Orchester & #YutakaSado Oct 26-Nov 2 2020

♪ June 16 "'Fantasie Impromptu' that I love and could not capture is the best"

https://twitter.com/ritsuko409/status/1272542725095579648

昨夜の辻井伸行さんオンライン・コンサートはショパン

愛してやまない、そして攻略出来なかった「幻想即興曲」が最高

音の粒が旋律になりドラマを紡ぐ様は感動しかない。来週は「ラ・カンパネラ」幸せすぎる♪。.:＊・゜♪。.:＊・゜

Nobuyuki Tsujii's online concert last night was Chopin

"Fantasie Impromptu" that I love and could not capture is the best

It is deeply moving that the grains of sound becomes a melody and spins a drama.

"La Campanella" is next week -- happy!

This and other posts seem to indicate that footage of the concert cannot be "captured" (recorded), which would explain why we are not seeing postings of such.

Sigh.

♪ June 15 "the instantaneous concentration of access that greatly exceeded our expectation."

Yura tweeted:

辻井伸行16日23:59まで延長e+『想定を大幅に超えるアクセスが瞬間的に集中したことにより、お客様には大変ご迷惑をおかけし、誠に申し訳ございませんでした。』有料のクラシックソロ・オンラインコンサートが、サーバーダウンするほどアクセス集中なんて、前代未聞かもね 来週はカンパネラなど

Viewing of Nobuyuki Tsujii  2nd night online concert extended until 23:59 on the 16th.  e+: “We apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers due to the instantaneous concentration of access that greatly exceeded our expectation." It may be unheard of for access to a paid classical solo online concert to be so concentrated that the server goes down.   Next week: Campanella

with more screen grabs, including this one that shows Nobu being guided by a staffer wearing face mask.  Everyone except Nobu is masked, a clear illustration that in Japan, wearing face covering is to show respect for others, to  protect them from being infected, not to protect oneself.  In this case, Nobu is being protected by everyone else.

♪ June 14 Online salon Concert 2nd show

Tonight in Japan is Nobu's 2nd online salon concert, viewable with payment via ePlus:

The program announced is:

第2夜 「英雄ポロネーズ～ショパン名曲集」

6月14日（日）夜8時

【演奏予定曲】

ショパン：英雄ポロネーズ、バラード第1番、スケルツォ第2番、幻想即興曲、雨だれ 他Second night Heroic Polonaise ~ Chopin Masterpiece Collection]

June 14th (Sunday) 8 pm

[Planned performance]

Chopin: Heroes Polonaise, Ballade No. 1, Scherzo No. 2, Fantasy Impromptu, Raindrops, etc.

It sounds like a killer program of the greatest hits of Chopin!

Of the titles listed, the 幻想即興曲 "Fastasy Impromptu" is one that I have yet to hear from Nobu.

This work is consistently voted online as a Chopin favorite, and is not to be confused with  Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61 ショパン 幻想ポロネーズ 作品61, which I have heard Nobu play (as seen in this YouTube video).

The Fastasy Impromptu Op. 66 can be heard in the video below, played by Rubinstein  -- people swoon whenever it is played by whomever pianist -- but I would give anything to hear it from Nobu.

Those of us who don't have a Japan mobile number cannot pay to watch the show on ePlus.

That scream you hear is mine!!

Meanwhile, a teaser video has been posted on the Nobuyuki Tsujii official YouTube channel, showing nobu playing the nocturne no. 20 posthumous, from the first show last Sunday. The video description includes the planned program for tonight, and the impromptu is on the list.

♪ June 13 "He expresses music as it was intended"

This spot-on comment from Evelyn Chorush on Twitter brightened my morning:

Nobu may be the most gifted pianist ever because he seems 2 understand exactly what the composer was feeling when writing the music.

From Chopin 2 Beethoven 2 Liszt 2 anyone I've heard him play.

He expresses music as it was intended, IMO

So difficult & rare.

♪ June 12  NHK Premium TV appearance

NEW Nobuyuki Tsujii official News

https://avex.jp/tsujii/news/detail.php?id=1083911

【出演情報】NHK：BSプレミアム系「レギュラー番組への道 夢の夜会は眠れない『演奏家編』に出演させて頂きます。

[Performance Information]NHK: BS premium system "The Road to Regular Programs in the sleepless "Performer Edition" Friday, June 12, 2020 11:15 pm-11:45 pm (30 minutes)

[Broadcast content] We will appear with Akiko Yano, who lives in NY, and jazz pianist Junko Onishi. We each play each songs on the piano and talk about our passion for songs that can only be heard here.

Please take a look at the program to find out what he played and what kind of feeling he chose. It's a "dream party" that you can only see here.

Broadcast date: Friday, June 12, 2020 11:15 pm-11:45 pm (30 minutes)

Program website

Image source: https://twitter.com/sa_richama/status/1269941599754055683

This appears to be a jazz show.

UPDATE

Nobuyuki Tsujii 辻井伸行 as he appears on NHK TV last night. He plays "special songs" that he likes, including Yumin's "Come, spring",

A big thanks to twitter Yura for posting a clip from the show. 

https://twitter.com/icoyuraco/status/1271463108351909889  <-- watch the clip here

NHK BSプレミアム

《夢の夜会は眠れない》

辻井伸行

Musical keyboard辻井伸行のとっておきの1曲は「春よ、来い」でした♬

『ユーミンさんの曲が大好きで、母もユーミンさんの大ファン。「春よ、来い」は、聴き馴染みのある曲で小さい頃から聴いていました。素晴らしい曲だと思います。』

One special song by Nobuyuki Tsujii was "Spring, come." ♬

 "I love Yumin's songs and my mother is a big fan of Yumin. "Spring yo come" was a familiar song that I've been listening to since I was little. I think it's a wonderful song. ]

A performance of said song has been posted on Nobu's official YouTube channel.

Below are some screen grabs from the clip:

♪ June 11

NEW on MediciTV Japan & YouTube: Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Beethoven's Appassionata at the 2019 Ark Hills Classics 辻井伸行 / ベートーヴェン：ピアノ・ソナタ第23番《熱情》

https://youtu.be/FkQ78RpmBtk

More at https://medicitv.jp/pickup/Sxlua

Nobu will be playing this work on the 4th online concert, on June 28.

June 10 Let's hope Suntory Hall got it right!

News came today that the New York Phil will not resume performances before year 2021.

But in Japan this was announced by Suntory Hall, detailed information about the performances of the ARK Hills Music Week 2020

https://www.suntory.co.jp/suntoryhall/schedule/detail/20201002_S_3.html

サントリーホール ARKクラシックス

〔公演1〕

三浦文彰 辻井伸行 モーツァルト＆ベートーヴェン

2020年10月2日(金) 19:00開演 公演時間：約2時間（休憩あり）

会場 ブルーローズ（小ホール）

ARK Hills Music Week 2020

Suntory Hall ARK Classics

[Performance 1]

Fumiaki Miura Nobuyuki Tsujii Mozart & Beethoven

October 2, 2020 (Friday) Start at 19:00 Performance time: About 2 hours (with break)

Venue

Blue Rose (small hall)

Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major Op.24

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major K.330

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major Op. .53 "Walstein"

Let's hope Suntory Hall got it right.

♪ June 9

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, which has been so good to Nobuyuki Tsujii over the years, has just announced a new chief conductor starting September 2021,Domingo Hindoyan (image below), replacing Nobu's good friend #VasilyPetrenko, who will be moving on to the Royal Philharmonic orchestra. 

Our best wishes to Mo. Petrenko, Mo. Hindoyan and both orchestras; and I hope I will have the fortune to see them perform with Nobu some day!  Details at https://www.liverpoolphil.com/

♪ June 6 Announced: NHK Premium TV appearance on June12 Friday

NEW Nobuyuki Tsujii official News

https://avex.jp/tsujii/news/detail.php?id=1083911

【出演情報】NHK：BSプレミアム系「レギュラー番組への道 夢の夜会は眠れない『演奏家編』に出演させて頂きます。

[Performance Information]NHK: BS premium system "The Road to Regular Programs in the sleepless "Performer Edition" Friday, June 12, 2020 11:15 pm-11:45 pm (30 minutes)

[Broadcast content] Wewill appear with Akiko Yano, who lives in NY, and jazz pianist Junko Onishi. We each play each songs on the piano and talk about our passion for songs that can only be heard here.

Please take a look at the program to find out what he played and what kind of feeling he chose. It's a "dream party" that you can only see here.

Broadcast date: Friday, June 12, 2020 11:15 pm-11:45 pm (30 minutes)

Program website

Image source: https://twitter.com/sa_richama/status/1269941599754055683

♪

♪ June 4 2020

NEW on YouTube: Music in Words: Nobuyuki Tsujii interview (Hong Kong University 'Spotlight Encounter' 12 APR 2019 )

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PsoprEw-iqk (37 minutes).

-- this is the pre-concert talk that Nobu made on stage at the Hong Kong University on April 12, 2019. Moderator: Prof. Giorgio Biancorosso, Department of Music, HKU; Moderator/Interpreter: Dr. Yoshiko Nakano, Department of Japanese Studies, HKU

Back story: Nobuyuki Tsujii & OrpheusChamberOrchestra in Hong Kong & Taiwan, April 2019

The video is perhaps a consolation for the cancellation of Nobu's highly anticipated performance of Beethven's Emperor with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and their director Jaap van Zweden on May 22, 23, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

♪ June 4 New release "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"

Freshly announced on the Nobuyuki Tsujii official website : NEW track release "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" -- on sale June 24.

Details to be investigated.

https://avex.jp/tsujii/discography/

フォスター：金髪のジェニー

[配信限定]  フォスター：金髪のジェニー

2020.06.24  配信限定 

01 フォスター：金髪のジェニー

2020.06.24 Limited distribution: Foster:  Jenny of golden hair

♪June 1 Nobuyuki Tsujii participated in Post-Pandemic Music Aid Fest

The performance was shown on TV, and Twitter Yura shared 2 clips - please click each of 2 links below to watch

Nobu's father and grandfather are medical people, so this event is especially meaningful to him; I am sure.

https://twitter.com/icoyuraco/status/1267414284205613056

辻井伸行参加

演奏曲は

ベートーヴェン

『ピアノ・ソナタ第14番

《月光》』第1楽章冒頭 & Musical score辻井自作『笑顔で会える日のために』

Hospital医療従事者・フロントラインワーカーズ支援音楽特番

「MUSIC AID FEST.～FOR POST PANDEMIC～」

Nobuyuki Tsujii participated

The performance songs are

Beethoven "Piano Sonata No. 14" Moonlight "First Movement &

Tsujii's own work “For a day when you can meet with a smile”

Special number for Hospital Medical staff and frontline workers support "MUSIC AID FEST.-FOR POST PANDEMIC-"

https://twitter.com/icoyuraco/status/1267418299404447747

SUGIZOさんの素敵なコメント

『素晴らしいですね。深い音が。辻井さんには見えてるんでしょうね。明るくて優しい未来が。それを僕らに分けてくれたような。そういう、ホントに感動的な、音でしたね。』

辻井伸行メッセージ『人に気を遣える優しい社会になって行ける事を心から望んでいます

。』

[Rock musician] SUGIZO's wonderful comment on the performance

"It is wonderful. Deep sound. I think Mr. Tsujii can see. A bright and gentle future. It's like he is sharing it with us. That kind of sound was really moving. "

Nobuyuki Tsujii's message: "I sincerely hope that we can become a kind society that cares about people."

♪June 26 "All-you-can-play Piano Buffet"This video "Nobuyuki Tsujii -- piano bliss in Hamburg, Germany", uploaded at the onset of the #COVID19 outbreak, has had 135K views.

This fresh comment made me smile: "弾き放題のピアノビュッフェ状態 凄い [All-you-can-play piano buffet. Amazing]."