Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Beethoven Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" during the Semifinal Round of the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Comeptition on May 31, 2009.
this is sooooo stunning, i have no words for this pianist....it brings tears into my eyes..his playing is different from other pianists..so moving..he brings out a feeling that i cant describe!
This is a thrilling performance of the "Hammerklavier"...it made me instantly sit up and take notice. The effect was rather like being run over by an 18-wheeler. I recall a backstage conversation with Andre Watts, who, when the "Hammerklavier" was mentioned, said, "Oh, I'm not ready for THAT one yet!" ...he was then in his 40th year. Be sure to listen to Tsujii's entire performance on the Van Cliburn competition website!
You bring to the Hammerklavier everything Beethoven himself was perhaps striving for in composing it - the integration and complete unity of sometimes opposing ideas and in so doing you give them a very real living presence and form. Wonderful, really wonderful! Bravo!
A truly thrilling excerpt from the "Hammerklavier." Tsujii-san is absolutely breathtaking in this music. In my experience, only one other pianist, the Hugarian Istvan Nadas, has shown that same kind of inner light in Op. 106. Congratulations Nobuyuki Tsujii and best wishes for a brilliant future!
It is a book of scores, the lack of vision does not allow him to read a paper, but God endowed him with an immense memory to play so many classical works and the best thing is that he plays them with an impeccable ability looking like he is reading.
The Fugue of the hammerkalvier Sonata is among the most difficult pieces to perform at any age, technically, musically and spiritually speaking,... The accomplishment of Mr. Tsujii is beyond words,.. how he learned the piece withouyt being able to read a a normal score, and played the piece with such a security in spite of the jumps and technical difficulties is unbelievable,...The best recording of this piece is Arrau, but he played it 40 years before he recorded it. This young man is only 20!
The thing that makes ME mad is he plays like his even with the excess tension that causes his right pinky to curl up. I worked long and hard to get rid of that and still ended up a computer programmer! Not fair! Geez, this guy is amazing.
ANYBODY who plays this well doesn't have a "self"...they're gone into the music, as Beethoven was. Listen to his version of the Nikolai Kapustin concert etude...he's into THAT too...he is an authentic genius...99% of players with good hands just use them to play badly faster!
Would an MRI of his "brain-on-piano" be interesting! The appreciative (knowledgable) listening brain too, side by side. What a show. Brain uses 20% of energy, but he'd be exhausted, more like 80%, for fastest bits? Wait, I bet he has 2 brains, or one for each finger, that's, um, like, 9! brains!
i think the piano keys arent that much of a detraction : D I just begin to imagine how much work it is to be a musician but if you would be blind... unbelieveable
i still cannot believe a blind musician won this competition!!! not that he's blind, i just wonder how he learned all the notes, cuz listening to recordings just won't cut it for van cliburn competition
I'm a big sucker for Alfred Brendel's Beethoven. Claudio Arrau's Beethoven has never really "struck a chord" with me (I'm so sorry. Forgive my pun). Crazy as it may sound, neither has his Chopin. I think that it's something about his rubato. I in no way mean to imply that he is bad at Beethoven, Chopin or, heaven forbid, making music. He's an absolute maestro and my own ears are just a little too clogged to appreciate him all of the time.
This is the Greatest musician I have ever had the pleasure of hearing.
He is truly gifted and we are blessed to hear his talents.
Amazing...a blind pianist playing music written by a deaf composer! Stunning!
amazing music and amazing playing....composed by a deaf man and now played by a blind man....amazing...
He has a special touch that I've never heard from any other pianist before.
this is sooooo stunning, i have no words for this pianist....it brings tears into my eyes..his playing is different from other pianists..so moving..he brings out a feeling that i cant describe!
This is a thrilling performance of the "Hammerklavier"...it made me instantly sit up and take notice. The effect was rather like being run over by an 18-wheeler. I recall a backstage conversation with Andre Watts, who, when the "Hammerklavier" was mentioned, said, "Oh, I'm not ready for THAT one yet!" ...he was then in his 40th year. Be sure to listen to Tsujii's entire performance on the Van Cliburn competition website!
this is really amazing and great
I mean ........ this is a blind pianist playing a deaf composer's master piece and it sound just amazing
You bring to the Hammerklavier everything Beethoven himself was perhaps striving for in composing it - the integration and complete unity of sometimes opposing ideas and in so doing you give them a very real living presence and form. Wonderful, really wonderful!
Bravo!
A truly thrilling excerpt from the "Hammerklavier." Tsujii-san is absolutely breathtaking in this music. In my experience, only one other pianist, the Hugarian Istvan Nadas, has shown that same kind of inner light in Op. 106. Congratulations Nobuyuki Tsujii and best wishes for a brilliant future!
yes he is blind. It's soooo amazing how he can play like this!!!
Please vote up!!
It is a book of scores, the lack of vision does not allow him to read a paper, but God endowed him with an immense memory to play so many classical works and the best thing is that he plays them with an impeccable ability looking like he is reading.
Van Cliburn - American pianist.
Wonderful!
Amazing!
la luz que no ven sus ojos dios las puso en sus manos para deleite de todos los que vean este video maravillosol
Congratulations!!!
Como lo hace!!! Es un Genio!!! Hermoso!!
Superb.
I'd like to see him winning so much
amazing!!
Congratulations!
the best
Great!
Que bueno que no eligen por una apariencia diferente quedó en segundo lugar. Bravo !¡!!!!!¡!❤️
The Fugue of the hammerkalvier Sonata is among the most difficult pieces to perform at any age, technically, musically and spiritually speaking,... The accomplishment of Mr. Tsujii is beyond words,.. how he learned the piece withouyt being able to read a a normal score, and played the piece with such a security in spite of the jumps and technical difficulties is unbelievable,...The best recording of this piece is Arrau, but he played it 40 years before he recorded it. This young man is only 20!
oh my God he's blind and he can play the 106 with such clarity and precision???
The thing that makes ME mad is he plays like his even with the excess tension that causes his right pinky to curl up. I worked long and hard to get rid of that and still ended up a computer programmer! Not fair! Geez, this guy is amazing.
Hes like Ray Charles, his blindness allows him to see only the music and nothing that would detract from it.
Some of our greatest music masters and communicators are/were blind....Art Tatum, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, George Shearing, etc.....
What a beast.
ANYBODY who plays this well doesn't have a "self"...they're gone into the music, as Beethoven was.
Listen to his version of the Nikolai Kapustin concert etude...he's into THAT too...he is an authentic genius...99% of players with good hands just use them to play badly faster!
Would an MRI of his "brain-on-piano" be interesting! The appreciative (knowledgable) listening brain too, side by side. What a show. Brain uses 20% of energy, but he'd be exhausted, more like 80%, for fastest bits? Wait, I bet he has 2 brains, or one for each finger, that's, um, like, 9! brains!
I support him, Mariangela Vacatello and Haochen Zhang
The fact that this guy is blind is unreal.
i think the piano keys arent that much of a detraction : D
I just begin to imagine how much work it is to be a musician but if you would be blind... unbelieveable
Si lo escuché en una competencia de KLiburn.
Composed by a deaf man .... performed by the blind. Beethoven would have wept had he seen this.
Very well said !
i still cannot believe a blind musician won this competition!!! not that he's blind, i just wonder how he learned all the notes, cuz listening to recordings just won't cut it for van cliburn competition
what the fuck...he played piano with his eyes close....Dammmm
This is my fucking favourite version of this song. Nodoby does it better that this guy... Its incredible
is this gyu Blind?
Es de 1900 solo se puso el nombre
@radiokid2 LOL
@slesar1117 and YOU, sighted as you are, are limited by SPELLING. it's REPERTOIRE, not repertuar.
12 poeple are blind. Musically blind. It is understandable that this fugue is hard to understand.
Compared with other Beethoven interpreters, Arrau was not good.
I'm a big sucker for Alfred Brendel's Beethoven. Claudio Arrau's Beethoven has never really "struck a chord" with me (I'm so sorry. Forgive my pun). Crazy as it may sound, neither has his Chopin. I think that it's something about his rubato. I in no way mean to imply that he is bad at Beethoven, Chopin or, heaven forbid, making music. He's an absolute maestro and my own ears are just a little too clogged to appreciate him all of the time.
I can't hear from an another speaker.... What a shame
すごく上手なのにこの動画は音がよくないから魅力があまりわからなくて残念。