Hayato Sumino, Piano

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Hayato Sumino by Ryuya Amao

Witness the Carnegie Hall debut of international piano phenomenon Hayato Sumino, who in 2025 became OPUS KLASSIK’s first-ever double winner. With a style both virtuosic and tender, Sumino’s interpretations of classical repertoire alone would make him one of today’s most exciting players. However, it’s Sumino’s unique, multifaceted artistry that has earned such a fervent following. Known for incorporating jazz-informed improvisational wit, a prodigious gift for composition and arrangement, a passion for film and video-game scores, and more, “musical courage and the quest to push boundaries [are] Sumino’s calling card[s]” (Classic FM). Tonight, he performs wide-ranging selections by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Gulda, and Kapustin; original works, including lush Chopin variations; and a climactic arrangement of Ravel’s Boléro.

Part of: Keyboard Virtuosos II and Spotlight on Japan

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Performers

Hayato Sumino, Piano

Program

J. S. BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870

J. S. BACH Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826

CHOPIN Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1

CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor

GULDA Prelude and Fugue

HAYATO SUMINO New Birth (after Chopin)

HAYATO SUMINO Recollection (after Chopin)

KAPUSTIN Selections from Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40

HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 1, "Pre Rain"

HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 2, "After Dawn"

HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 3, "Once in a Blue Moon"

RAVEL Boléro (arr. Hayato Sumino)

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