Nodame Cantabile

   

    This drama and movies are based on a manga with the same name. The plot is about Chiaki Shinichi, a piano player in Momogaoka College of Music . When he was young, he went with his father to Europe to see orchestras. When he went to Prague, he met Sebastiano Vieira, a conductor and became he's pupil. But, he returned to Japan. Even though he wanted to return to Prague, he couldn't due to his fear of planes and boats due to accidents he suffered. In this college, he went to piano division, even though he still dreams on becoming a conductor. One day, he hears someone playing piano and becomes interested in who is paying. It is Noda Megumi, known as Nodame, that is playing. She prefers to play by ear and has difficulty in reading the scores. She fell in love with Chiaki at first sight, but he didn't. Will this love blossom? Will Nodame start to play piano more seriously? Can Chiaki become a conductor and how? Will he be able to go to Europe to met Vieira?

    I really like this drama, and I think that the actors played very well this parts. I started to watch this because I heard of a Korean adaptation. The songs are beautiful played and shows the work of an orchestra and a pianist, and what they suffer and need to learn in order to improve.

    I end this post with the opening and the ending of this drama, that are orchestra and piano pieces, both played by Nodame Orchestra conducted by Toshiaki Umeda. The first link of each song is a scene of a drama with those songs (has spoilers), the second link is the full version from the OST (no spoilers).

      - Opening: "Andante Cantabile" from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0J42m-IX44, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ZKa7zFEvw)

      - Ending: "Rhapsody in Blue" of  Gershwin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzuIKXPLEcE , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ozdN5kMKRA)