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Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii making his TSO debut in Hobart

23 October 2024.

World renowned concert pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii will be in Hobart on 2 November to make his Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra debut as part of his Australia-wide tour.

Nobuyuki Tsujii

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii will perform with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra on 2 November 2024.

Nobu, as he is nicknamed, will perform Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto with the TSO at the Federation Concert Hall, under the direction of our Chief Conductor Eivind Aadland.

When Tsujii first came to Australia in 2016, his tour was limited to Sydney and Canberra, but this time he is playing in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Brisbane.

His recent concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra can be heard via ABC Classic FM.

Nobu has been blind since birth and Australian arts journalist Ria Andriani has written a fascinating article about the techniques he uses to learn music.

‘My assistant plays the right hand and the left hand [of the piano piece] separately and has the sound recorded,” Tsujii told Andriani for her ABC article.

Watch the mesmerising finger work of Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, performing a Chopin waltz.

Tsujii also described how he takes his cues from the orchestra or ensemble he's playing with.

‘I can feel the breathing of the musicians around me,’ he told Andriani.

For his Australian tour, Tsujii is performing some of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, including Rachmaninov's third piano concerto, well known to audiences through the movie Shine.

Nobuyuki Tsujii will make his Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra debut at Hobart's Federation Concert Hall on Saturday 2 November 2024. Tsujii will perform Beethoven’s second piano concerto – a piece Beethoven wrote for himself, which is loved for its vitality, charm and magic. Book now.

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