Presented by the Janice & Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence

Nobu

in recital 

2025-03-25 20:00 2025-03-25 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Nobu

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36083

In-person event

Japanese pianist Nobu brought down the house with his 2023 NAC debut.  Blind since birth, he learns every piece of music strictly by ear.  “Lisztomania” was a craze of fan frenzy that swept Europe in the early 1840s for Franz Liszt, who was both handsome and a colossally talented composer and pianist. Chopin was the king of the nocturne in his time. His Sonata in B-minor (the last he composed) begins with a stormy opening that settles into beautiful serenity....

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Tue, March 25, 2025
8 PM EDT
Nobuyuki Tsujii © Stephen Eastwood
Music Classical music Masterworks Piano
  • LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”
  • FRANZ LISZT En rêve (Nocturne), S207
  • FRANZ LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1
  • Chopin Two Nocturnes, Op.27
  • Chopin Sonata No. 3 in B Minor

Featured artists

  • In-person event
  • ≈ 2 hours · With intermission
  • Japanese pianist Nobu brought down the house with his 2023 NAC debut. 
  • Blind since birth, he learns every piece of music strictly by ear. 

“Lisztomania” was a craze of fan frenzy that swept Europe in the early 1840s for Franz Liszt, who was both handsome and a colossally talented composer and pianist.

Chopin was the king of the nocturne in his time. His Sonata in B-minor (the last he composed) begins with a stormy opening that settles into beautiful serenity.

Beethoven’s “Waldstein” is one of his most challenging piano pieces, with a thousand things going on at once.

Artists

  • Piano Nobu