Hayato Sumino

Hayato Sumino (born 14 July 1995[1]) is a Japanese pianist, known for his performances of music by Frédéric Chopin.[2][3][4]

Hayato Sumino
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Hayato Sumino, after a concert at Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo on 12 December 2019
Background information
Born (1995-07-14) July 14, 1995
Tokyo
InstrumentsPiano

Born in Tokyo, he started playing the piano aged 3.[2] He studied science and engineering at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, graduating in March 2020 with a master's degree and the President's Award.[4][2] He also studied music information processing technology and artificial intelligence for six months at the French Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music.[2][3]

In August 2018, he won the Grand Prix at the 42nd PTNA Piano Competition, a Japanese piano competition.[3] In July 2019 he won third prize at the Lyon International Piano Competition.[5]

He studied under Jean-Marc Luisada.[6] He participated in the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021, reaching the third round.[2]

Sumino is a YouTuber, known as "Cateen", with over 950,000 subscribers as of 2022.[6][2][3]

He is a Steinway artist.[7]

Recordings
  • Passion (2019, Warner Music)[1]
  • HAYATOSM (2020)

References
  1. "XVIII Chopin Competition". chopin2020.pl. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. Rall, John (30 August 2021). "Sensational Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino charms the world with Chopin's music". Digital Journal.
  3. "Japanese YouTuber pianist Cateen pushes limits of classical music". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. "The Chopin Piano Competition, day eight: 'What's in a name?'". Gramophone.
  5. "International Piano Competition of Lyon (France)". Archived from the original on 1 November 2019.
  6. "YouTuber pianist thanks French mentor for boost at Chopin contest". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. "Hayato Sumino - Steinway & Sons". www.steinway.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.


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