Nobuyuki Tsujii

Japan
Age 21

"Tsujii kept the audience spellbound from start to completion. He received an instantaneous and sustained ovation, a tribute to his character and also to musicianship that is unpretentious and edifying."
- Chris Shull, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The announcement of twenty-year-old Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii as winner of the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition marked a significant historic milestone for both this extraordinary artist and the competition. Already known in his home country for his refined and effortless playing, his spell-binding performances at the 2009 Cliburn brought Mr. Tsujii to the attention of hundreds of thousands of new fans throughout the world, while raising his status in Japan to superstar. Along with the medal, he received three years of international concert engagements coordinated by the Van Cliburn Foundation in the United States and by IMG Artists in Europe, as well as a CD recording of his award-winning Cliburn Competition performances for the harmonia mundi usa label ... read full bio

PRELIMINARY RECITAL
Chopin Twelve Etudes, Op. 10
Debussy Images, Book I
Liszt Paganini Etude No. 3, “La Campanella”

SEMIFINAL RECITAL
Beethoven Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”
Musto Improvisation & Fugue

SEMIFINAL CHAMBER
Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

FINAL RECITAL
Beethoven Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Chopin Berceuse, Op. 57
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

FINAL CONCERTI
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18