Nobuyuki Tsujii’s recital in Sydney

By Zoltán Szabó, 24 May 2017

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 22 May 2017

Bach, Italian Concerto, BWV971

Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 17 in B flat major, K570

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight", Op.27 no.2

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op.57

Chopin, Étude in C minor “Revolutionary”, Op.10 no.12

Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 3 in G sharp minor, "La Campanella"

Nobuyuki Tsujii, Piano

Chopin and Rachmaninov make for a gorgeous summer evening in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 21st August

Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Cleveland for an evening of Romantic era masterworks, and pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii makes a memorable local debut.

****1

Powerful Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Chris Garlick, 7th June

Nobuyuki Tsujii joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's ever-popular First Piano Concerto before Vasily Petrenko conducts a thrilling Shostakovich 8.

****1

Bell-tastic season opener in Liverpool

Rohan Shotton, 19th September

Vasily Petrenko opens his penultimate season with RLPO in raucous style.

****1

Surface clatter and turbulent storms in Nobuyuki Tsujii’s QEH recital

Mark Pullinger, 30th January

Nobuyuki Tsujii's debut in the Southbank's International Piano Series proves a mixed success.

***11

Technical merit high, artistic impression mixed

David Karlin, 30th March

An excellent second half performance of Chopin's Four Ballades is preceded by an interpretation of waltzes and études that often lacks nuance of phrasing and dynamics.

***11

Nobuyuki Tsujii with the BBC Philharmonic

Rohan Shotton, 1st November

Manchester favourite Nobuyuki Tsujii made a welcome return to the BBC Philharmonic with Grieg’s popular Piano Concerto, followed by a thrilling performance of Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, conducted by Juanjo Mena. The concert began, though, with a world première. Emily Howard was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to write her new work, Axon, for the BBC Philharmonic.

****1

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

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