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FORT WORTH, Texas -- With a dramatic bow of pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii's head, rich sounds of the piano, violins, cello and viola broke the concert-hall silence as he and a string quartet played Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44.
Just before the final note about 30 minutes later, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition audience began clapping. People jumped to their feet, some whistling or yelling, "Bravo!"See the full content of this document
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Blind Pianist Wows Cliburn Crowds
The standing ovation lasted nearly five minutes, so long that the 20-year-old from Japan returned to the stage twice to bow, grinning from ear to ear.
The audience may have loved ...See the full content of this document
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