Death of a disappointed piano star

Death of a disappointed piano star

RIP

norman lebrecht

May 10, 2022

We have been informed of the death this week of Minoru Nojima, president of the Tokyo College of Music.
He was 76.

A child prodigy, Minoru was visibly upset when he came second to Cristina Ortiz in the 1969 Van Cliburn Competition. His reaction can be seen on this video, at 3:02.

Later he became a victim of the Joyce Hatto fraud.

Not a lucky man, but an outstanding artist. Watch.

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