600 and something like 6 gazillion

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so yea - 600!
I am so easily satisfied :)



and if you thot susan boyle was great, this guy must be something like 6 gazillion times better - susan boyle just sings and is ugly.  what this guy does requires so much more technique, perseverance, thousands of hours of practice and sheer determination.

here's nobuyuki tsujii in one of the preliminary rounds and in the finals of the Cliburn competition 2009, which he won:

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the most fantastic parts to me are when he stops between movements and then puts his hands back on the keyboard and knows precisely where to go without barely any perceptible adjustment.

and you will probably only discern why I say that, if you know nothing about this chap, by watching the 2nd clip all the way to the end.

RESPECT!!

forgive the minor slip-ups, willya - the chap is blind