Blind since birth, Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint-winner of the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. Since winning the competition he has appeared with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (both in the UK and on tour in Japan), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, at the Klavier- Festival Ruhr, the Aspen Music Festival and the Ravinia Festival.  He also has given recitals in Washington, Boston, Indianapolis, Forth Worth, Houston, Berlin, Belgrade and Basel.  Highlights of the 2011/12 season include his debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and a solo recital in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium.  Elsewhere, he makes his debut with the Basel Symphony Orchestra, returns for the third time to the BBC Philharmonic and gives recitals in Berlin, Munich and Istanbul  as well as embarking on a recital tour of the US in autumn 2011. Now 23, he has appeared as soloist with all the major Japanese orchestras including NHK Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Japan Philharmonic and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, and worked with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yutaka Sado, Vladimir Spivakov and Thierry Fischer. Nobuyuki Tsujii has made a number of recordings

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"lt's almost beyond imagining that he has learned scores as formidable as Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and Beethoven‘s Hammerklavier Sonata by ear...Through all three rounds, he played with unfailing assurance, and his unforced, utterly natural Chopin E minor Piano Concerto was an oasis of loveliness..."

The Dallas Morning News Jun 9th 2009

"The virtuosity [of Prokofiev PC 3] became an astonishing and fascinating listening experience, because the 24 year-old Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii is blind. Fortunately this wasn’t a spectacle, it was rather a touching and oppressive moment at the beginning, when Mr Collins lead the young man to the piano and he felt the keyboard. What happened next was, from the first to the last bar, a miracle of pianistic bravura but also of musical sensitivity. The interaction with the orchestra was smooth, just as if he could see the conductor. For example, his solo at the beginning of the variation movement revealed that he had internalised the music. There was only marvelling admiration for an incredible performance. The final applause was ovation-like and was mainly for him."

Basellandschaftliche Zeitung May 15th 2012

"It is remarkable that [Nobu] has attained an impressive technique that enables him to navigate the keyboard confidently and accurately in difficult repertory. "

The New York Times Nov 13th 2011

"Nobu gave a near-flawless account of Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto with the on-form BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yutaka Sado. He began his opening solo somewhat tentatively, but he was soon in his stride and was clearly enjoying the occasion. "

Bachtrack Feb 11th 2011