First held in 1962, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has established itself as a joyous festival dedicated to the discovery and celebration of the world's finest young pianists. 
Nobuyuki Tsujii (born September 13, 1988) is an amazing Japanese pianist, born blind but gifted with a talent for music. 
John Giordano who was jury chairman for the Cliburn competition, said, "“He’s amazing. We closed our eyes and it’s so phenomenal that it’s hard to withhold your tears. Nobu played the most difficult hour-long Beethoven piece (Hammerklavier, Sonata no. 29) flawlessly. For anyone, it’s extraordinary. But for someone blind who learns by ear, it’s mind-boggling.”
Watch him live on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDtT5sSu5VQ

Chopin: Études, Op. 10: Étude No. 2 in A Minor

Concert for the Armenian Community in Jerusalem, May 2014.

Khachaturian Violin Concerto, Jenny Hünigen, JSO, Frédéric Chaslin

Liszt - Piano Concerto no. 1

Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - J.S. Bach

Mozart - Piano Concerto #23 Adagio

„Wagner, the magician, has made the orchestra disappear.“ (Georg Solti) However, this new recording goes one step further than the master, with his unusual stage design in Bayreuth. With the removal of „orchestral and vocal commotion“ (Carlos Kleiber, in the studio during the mixing of his TRISTAN recording), the listener is able to hear the very essence of the work, which suddenly has „much more of an inward effect “ (CK). Here, in the RING PIANOS PROJECT, the music is once again liberated from the effects of orchestration. „The result is uncanny, drawing you in with a seemingly magical series of harmonies and notes to produce a deeper and more intense experience“ (Klaus Hiemann, Studio Engineer for Carlos Kleiber, speaking about this recording).
Thanks to Cord Garben and Thomas Hoppe for the tour de force. Thanks to Steingraeber for the concert grands; Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner were not mistaken. Thanks to our puristic sound engineer Johannes Müller and mastering guru Christoph Stickel, on behalf of all audiophile Wagnerites. Thanks to Dynaudio for the monitors, on which only true gold glitters. And thanks to everyone who who will fall for this recording in Wagner Year 2013. Never before has there been a Ring like this.

See, he smiles in the shining light.

Wilfried Ehrenholz and Jan Geschke, Producers

CD with 11 tracks (Rhinegold & The Valkyrie) will be available from January, 8th, from selected Dynaudio HiFi dealers worldwide and via Amazon. Check www.dynaudio.com


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Philosophy: to record the ensemble of the two special full-size concert grand "Franz Liszt"-pianos as purely as possible with the highest quality standards and the minimum technology possible: two sphere microphones as poly-directional microphones, two wide angles as direct sound microphones for each concert grand. The grand piano microphones go directly without stopover into the pre-amplifiers/converters of the Nagra equipment for the shortest possible signal path to recording. The sphere microphones are specially pre-amplified using Sonosax PreAmp. The microphone signals are recorded on separate tracks in 96 kHz / 24 bit resolution. This means the mix chosen at the recording venue can be refined even further in mastering and made even more transparent and balanced.
Johannes Müller, sound engineer, and Christoph Stickel, Mastering, Munich.
2x Steingraeber Franz Liszt concert grand 2x DPA 4006-TL (Spheres) 4x Neumann KM143 (Wide-Angle Cardioid) Sonosax SX-M2 Mic PreAmp
Nagra VI 8-Channel Recorder Stax SR-404 Headphones Dynaudio Focus 160 & Confidence C4 Signature Loudspeakers Dynaudio Air 25 Studio Monitors
The triple concert grand invented on the spot for the Ring Pianos Project. The lid of the old Steingraeber concert grand replaced the lid removed from the second grand piano.

Richard Wagner: THE RING PIANOS PROJECT 1 - Ride of the Valkyries. Recorded in Bayreuth.

07 Impromptus D. 935  No. 3 In B-Flat Major

Eseguita dalla Filarmonica C.Colombo di Santa Margherita Ligure nel Salone del centro congressi del Grand Hotel Miramare il 08/12/2012

Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - J.S. Bach

April J. Kuhr

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