3 Season
45 Episode
Nodame Cantabile - Season 1 Episode 12 Lesson 12: Course
Chiaki and Nodame perform Rachmaninoff on two pianos and cause quite a stir attracting an audience including Saiko and Etou-sensei. Later Chiaki meets with the writers from Classic Life magazine and they try to investigate why Chiaki is still in Japan when he could be going abroad. Nodame goes around bringing candy to various 4th year students in the S Orchestra as they reflect on their experience playing under Chiaki and on their future as graduation looms around the corner. The piece performed in the episode is Piano Concerto No. 2 (for 2 pianos 4 hands) by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
- Year: 2010
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Comedy
- Studio: Fuji TV
- Keyword: paris, france, europe, musician, classical music, slapstick comedy, romantic comedy, romance, slice of life, coming of age, based on manga, university, school life, orchestra conductor, anime, prodigy, josei, music
- Director:
- Cast: Tomokazu Seki, Ayako Kawasumi, Sayaka Ohara, Masaya Matsukaze, Tomoko Kawakami, Shizuka Itoh