Tomoharu Ushida made the best use of a YAMAHA piano. He succeeded in controlling its clear and bright sound, which is often viewed as its feature. I'm wondering how he controlled the sound to give a nostalgic and sentimental feeling to the piano with bright sound. I like the sound of his Nocturne. From the beginning to the end, I was fully immersed in his sound.

Mr. Tomoharu Ushida said that he wanted to express the transition from the peaceful Warsaw, which gradually became tainted with sadness, to finding hope again after much sacrifice and deep despair.
When he appeared on stage, he had a cute smile and a delicate appearance, but once the performance started, he became a spokesman for Chopin's pain and sorrow for Poland, expressing his pain and sorrow with his sometimes delicate, sometimes intense and emotional piano sound.
Listening to his deeply penetrating performance, I felt that he was looking at the world on a different level than other Japanese contemporaries.

もうこの歳にして巨匠の風格。何より精神性の高さが滲み出た素晴らしい演奏。天性の才能の持ち主が小さいころからたゆまない努力を重ねた結果で、本当に神様に選ばれし人だけが辿り着ける境地だ。コンクールの順位なんかもうどうでもいいというくらい素晴らしい演奏だけど、やっぱり結果は良いものであってほしいですね。

ちょっと見かけないうちに随分と高いところまで来たんですね。小さな頃から見てきましたが、言うことなしのピアニストに成長されたのが嬉しく思いつつ、気がつけば、演奏を聴き入って、あっという間てした。
日本人を含め、今日まで聴いた演奏者の中でダントツだったように思います。音色が彼だけ異次元で、ピアノの音を隅々響かせてました。

こんなに幼いのに深い表現力、素晴らしいと思います。ショパンが今まで生きていればノクターンをこんな感じで弾いているかもしれません。素敵な演奏者を知り、また嬉しいです。

ノクターンのメロディーラインがはっとするぐらいとても綺麗でした。全体的に1つ1つの音をものすごく丁寧に弾かれているという印象を受けました。最後の曲辺りになると曲の中にすっかり入られているようでこの集中力はさすがだなと思いました。

His performance was simply breathtaking and unforgettable, holding me spellbound from the beginning of Nocturn in D flat major to the end of Fantasy in F minor. It was a magical moment, indeed! Tomoharu Ushida and Chopin is a match made in heaven.!
His Mazurka is one of a kind, and I want all the judges/audience/viewers to listen to his interpretation (in the stage III, though).
It’s my sheer pleasure to listening to his performance.