Tracing the artistic development of young pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, from his early ability to play piano by ear, undeterred by his lifelong blindness, to his gold medal triumph in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, to his debut at Carnegie Hall. Highlighting the power of music in overcoming hardship, Tsujii performs his own uplifting compositions, alongside those of Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Liszt, as he tours the 2011 tsunami-devastated coastline of Japan.