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Carnegie Hall Presents

Hayato Sumino, Piano

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. 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

Performers

Hayato Sumino, Piano

Program

CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor

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

HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 1, "Pre Rain"

HAYATO SUMINO Nocturne No. 2, "After Dawn"

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

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

HAYATO SUMINO New Birth (after Chopin)

HAYATO SUMINO Recollection (after Chopin)

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

GULDA Prelude and Fugue

KAPUSTIN Selections from Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40

RAVEL Boléro (arr. Hayato Sumino)

Listen to Selected Works

Support for this program is provided by the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund.

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